Fast Facts
About Dominican University.
- Founded in 1901 as St. Clara College in Sinsinawa, Wis.
- The college moved to River Forest, Ill. in 1922 and was renamed Rosary College. It became Dominican University in 1997.
- More than 90 percent of our faculty members hold doctorates or the highest degree in their field.
- Dominican was one of the first schools in the country to have study abroad.
- Dominican University offers Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees with over 50 majors.
- Dominican University offers 16 graduate degree programs in business, education, library and information science, organizational leadership, and social work.
- U.S. News and World Report has ranked Dominican in the top tier of Midwestern universities for more than a decade.
- Over 3,400 students are enrolled in the undergraduate and graduate programs
- DU has 130 full-time faculty members
- The student to faculty ratio is 12 to 1, and the average class size is 15.
- Located in River Forest, Ill., just 10 miles west of downtown Chicago.
Jessica Mackinnon
Director of Public Information
jmack@dom.edu
(708)524-6289
Kristin Peterson
Public Relations Coordinator
kpeterson@dom.edu
(708)524-6452