Dominican University
New York
Private College in Orangeburg, NY. Six-year graduation rate 53%. Median 10-year earnings $61,171.
Students who entered Dominican University New York reach a median of $61,171 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. The six-year graduation rate is 53%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Graduates carry a median of $25,000 in debt — in line with the national norm. On economic mobility, 3.7% of students travel from the bottom income quintile to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 63% puts Dominican University New York on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. 2,349 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. Only 19% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere.
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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53% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. First-year retention is 66% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. A 13:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,083 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $33,972 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. Net price varies modestly by income — $40,695 at $0–30k against $42,337 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Most students get help: 96% receive grants worth $21,767 on average. Most students borrow — 77% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 298 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $40,695 |
| $30–48k | $41,082 |
| $48–75k | $42,353 |
| $75–110k | $43,764 |
| $110k+ | $42,337 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 834 of these 1,083 students, totalling $7,392,602 — an average of $8,864 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Rockland County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)