Dominican University
of California
Private College in San Rafael, CA. Six-year graduation rate 78%. Median 10-year earnings $84,713.
Students who entered Dominican University of California reach a median of $84,713 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. The six-year graduation rate of 78% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Graduates leave owing a median of $27,000 — a substantial load to service on these earnings. On economic mobility, 3.2% 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.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.32 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 78% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Dominican University of California accepts 84% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. 2,006 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. Yield is low at 13%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling. The score bands below rest on the 2% of enrolled first-years who submitted an SAT score — a self-selected group, and not a cutoff.
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 | 620–660 | 5 (2%) |
| SAT Math | 590–640 | |
| ACT Composite | — | 2 (1%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion runs to 78% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. 85% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. Transfer-out runs to 19% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. A 8:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,185 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price averages $37,456 annually, so cost is the first thing to weigh here. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $24,572 at the $0–30k band to $43,317 at $110k+. 94% of students get grant aid averaging $31,711, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Most students borrow — 58% 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 · 248 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 | $24,572 |
| $30–48k | $29,275 |
| $48–75k | $30,313 |
| $75–110k | $35,343 |
| $110k+ | $43,317 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 682 of these 1,185 students, totalling $4,454,222 — an average of $6,531 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Marin 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)