Dominican University (Dominican) is a four-year, private (not-for-profit) school located in River Forest, IL.
It offers 36 graduate programs - 30 Master's, 1 Doctorate, 4 Post-bachelor's, and 1 Post-master's. The 2025 average graduate tuition & fees is $18,500.
A total of 1,113 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 3,803 students at Dominican. Dominican offers online graduate programs and 914 out of 1,113 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.
You can find Dominican's health profession programs at health professions information page.
Graduate Program Overview
For the academic year 2024-2025, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $18,500. It offers thirty-six (36) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.
Graduate Programs Key Facts
| School Name | Dominican University |
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| Type | Four-year, Private (not-for-profit) |
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| Address | 7900 W Division Street, River Forest, IL |
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| Graduate School Students | 1,027 students
914 students enrolled online exclusively |
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| Tuition & Fees (2024-2025) | $18,500 |
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| Student to Faculty | 12:1 (8.33%) |
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| Number of Graduate Programs | Total 36 Graduate Programs
30 Master's, 1 Doctorate, 5 Post graduate certificates |
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2025 Graduate Program Tuition at Dominican University
The following tables describe 2024-2025 graduate tuition & fees at Dominican University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. The tuition & fees is $18,500 for prospective students.
The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $850.
2025 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
| Amounts |
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| Tuition | $18,000 |
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| Fees | $500 |
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| Cost per Credit | $850 |
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| Books & Supplies | $1,200 |
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| Room & Board | $12,716 (On-Campus) / $12,716 (Off-Campus) |
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| Personal Expenses | $850 (On-Campus) / $1,350 (Off-Campus) |
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| On-Campus Total | $33,266 |
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| Off-Campus Total | $33,766 |
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Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2021-2025)
| 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 | 2022-2023 | 2023-2024 | 2024-2025 |
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| Tuition & Fees | $20,884 | $20,413 | $20,400 | $19,500 | $18,500 |
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Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major
Dominican University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 36 major areas - 30 Master's (2 online programs), 1 Doctorate, 4 Post-Bachelor's, 1 Post-Master's. 372 students have been conferred Master's degree and 5 students have received Doctorate degree last year.
The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.
Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
| Master's | Doctorate |
Post-Bachelor's | Post-Master's |
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| Total | 372 | 5 | 2 | - |
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| Men | 78 | 1 | - | - |
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| Women | 294 | 4 | 2 | - |
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Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree).
You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.
Graduate Student Population
Dominican graduate schools have a total of 1,027 postgraduate students.
By gender, it has 240 male and 787 female postgrad students.
By attending status, there are 379 full-time and 648 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers distance learning for graduate programs, and 914 students enrolled through online exclusively and 110 students are taking some online graduate courses.
By race/ethnicity 571 White, 88 Black, and 41 Asian students are attending at Dominican University. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.
3 grad students are younger than 22 and 272 students are older than 65. It has 559 students aged between 22 and 30 and 278 students aged 30 to 40.
Graduate Students Gender Distribution
| Total | 1,027 |
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| Men | 240 |
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| Women | 787 |
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Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
| Total | 1,027 |
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| Full-time Students | 379 |
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| Part-time Students | 648 |
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Graduate Students Race Distribution
| Total | 1,027 |
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American Indian /
Native American | 1 |
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| Asian | 41 |
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| Black | 88 |
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| Hispanic | 260 |
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| White | 571 |
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| Two or more races | 16 |
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| Un-Known | 40 |
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Graduate Students Age Distribution
| Total | 1,027 |
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| 21 & Under | 3 |
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| 22-24 | 223 |
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| 25-29 | 336 |
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| 30-34 | 156 |
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| 35-39 | 122 |
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| 40 & Over | 272 |
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Online Population
At Dominican University graduate schools, 914 students enrolled online exclusively and 110 students enrolled in some online courses.
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
| Total Enrollment | 1,113 |
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| Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses | 914 |
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| Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses | 110 |
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| Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses | 89 |
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Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
| Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses | 914 |
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| Illinois Resident | 791 |
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| Other State In U.S. | 118 |
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| Outside of U.S. | 5 |
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