Graduate Programs at Dominican University

Graduate School Overview

Dominican University (referred to as Dominican) is a Private, 4 years school located in River Forest, IL.

The school is accredited by Higher Learning Commission (1/1/1919 - Current[Estimated Date]).

Dominican Directory Information
School Name	Dominican University (Dominican)
Address	7900 W Division Street, River Forest, IL 60305
Phone	708-366-2490
Web	https://www.dom.edu
Online Application	https://www.dom-univ.org/web
Financial Info	https://www2.dom.edu/financialaid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees of Dominican is $19,500 in average. The school has 1,060 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 3,196 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 101 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, and Doctorate (Research). Among them, 3 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$19,500
Student Population	1,060
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, and Doctorate (Research)
Number of Programs	101 graduate programs (3 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	11 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Dominican is $19,500 in average for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $850.

Dominican offers the alternative tuition plans.

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
Tuition	$19,900
Required Fees	$500
Tuition per Credit Hour
Tuition	$850

Dominican offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers, on-campus daycare for students' children are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	3 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	Study abroad Weekend/evening college Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers On-campus daycare for students' children

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Dominican University is $19,500. The graduate tuition & fees are decreased by -4.41% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$20,176	$484
2019-2020	$20,400	$484
2020-2021	$20,400	$484
2021-2022	$19,943	$470
2022-2023	$19,900	$500
2023-2024	$19,000	$500

The graduate school tuition & fees of Dominican is average compared to private graduate schools in Illinois. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the Illinois graduate tuition is $18,738 (public) / $21,100 (private).

The following table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Dominican University	$19,500
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
Illinois Graduate Schools	$18,871	$20,166
Public	$11,992	$18,738
Private	$21,100

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $13,902 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Dominican.

On-campus living costs are increased by 7.89% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $13,904. Off-campus living costs are increased by 7.60% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$10,241	$1,300	$9,942	$1,300
2019-2020	$10,549	$1,372	$10,549	$1,372
2020-2021	$10,865	$1,372	$10,865	$1,372
2021-2022	$10,865	$1,412	$10,865	$1,372
2022-2023	$11,050	$1,372	$11,050	$1,872
2023-2024	$12,552	$850	$12,554	$1,350

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $812 at Dominican University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are decreased by -4.47% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$850
2019-2020	$850
2020-2021	$850
2021-2022	$850
2022-2023	$850
2023-2024	$812

Graduate Programs at Dominican

Dominican University offers 32 graduate programs for Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 435 students have completed their study at Dominican University.

Offered Degrees at Dominican University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	26	2	420
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	1	0	3
Post Bachelor's Degree	4	0	12
Post Master's Degree	1	0	0
Total	32	2	435

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Dominican University by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Nutrition Sciences program with 10 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Library and Information Science program with 112 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Library and Information Science program with 3 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Dominican University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Nutrition Sciences	✕	10	-
Dietetics/Dietitian	✕	2	-
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies	✕	-	-
Knowledge Management	✕	-	-
Library and Information Science	✕	-	-

Popular Master's Programs at Dominican University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Library and Information Science	✕	112	$39,800
Social Work	✕	98	$40,500
Business Administration and Management	✕	41	$52,900
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	34	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	34	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Dominican University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Library and Information Science	✕	3	-

Dominican University offers 32 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 435 students have completed their graduate studies.

420 students have earned/completed Master's program.
12 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Information Science/Studies	✕	-	-
Computer Software and Media Applications (other)	✕	4	-
Education [+]	✕	106 completers	-
Bilingual and Multilingual Education	✕	11	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	-	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✕	-	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	34	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	10	-
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching	✕	10	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	6	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	-	-
Reading Teacher Education	✕	1	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	34	-
Library Science [+]	✕	112 completers	$39,800
Library and Information Science	✕	112	$39,800
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	20 completers	-
Nutrition Sciences	✔	7	-
Dispute Resolution	✕	13	-
Human Services [+]	✕	98 completers	-
Social Work	✕	98	$40,500
Social Work (other)	✕	-	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	33 completers	-
Physician Assistant	✕	30	-
Dietetics/Dietitian	✕	3	-
Business [+]	✔	47 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	41	$52,900
Accounting	✔	-	-
Organizational Behavior Studies	✕	-	-
Management Information Systems	✕	-	-
Information Resources Management	✕	6	-
Knowledge Management	✕	-	-
	Total	420

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Library Science [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Library and Information Science	✕	3	-
	Total	3

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Nutrition Sciences	✕	10	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Dietetics/Dietitian	✕	2	-
Business [+]	✕	-	-
Knowledge Management	✕	-	-
	Total	12

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Library Science [+]	✕	-	-
Library and Information Science	✕	-	-
	Total	-

Graduate Student Population at Dominican

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 1,060 students enrolled into Dominican University graduate schools where it has total 3,196 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 355 full-time and 705 part-time graduate students. By gender, 211 male and 849 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,060	211	849
Full-time	355	61	294
Part-tme	705	150	555

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 574 White (54.15%), 98 Black/African American (9.25%), 281 Hispanic (26.51%), 45 Asian (4.25%), and 62 students with other races. 12 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,060	211	849
American Indian/Native American	1	0	1
Asian	45	7	38
Black/African American	98	18	80
Hispanic	281	43	238
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	574	124	450
Two More	10	2	8
Un-Known	39	9	30
Non-resident Alien	12	8	4

Dominican University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 257 graduate students (24.25% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 696 graduate students (65.66% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	1,060
Enrolled Online Exclusively	257
Enrolled Some Online Courses	696
Not in Online Courses	107

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