DHARMA REALM
BUDDHIST UNIVERSITY
Private College in Ukiah, CA.
Admissions
At 41%, the acceptance rate makes DHARMA REALM BUDDHIST UNIVERSITY a school worth applying to with alternatives in hand. The applicant pool is small at 29, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. Yield is high — 58% of admitted students go on to enroll, well above the typical rate.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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This institution reports no six-year graduation rate. The federal measure only follows first-time, full-time students, so schools built around part-time or transfer enrollment often fall outside it entirely. First-year retention of 86% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. At 5:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. This is a small school — 20 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 20 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $9,060 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Grant aid is widespread — 100% of students receive it, averaging $24,218.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 10 students
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Mendocino County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026