Contact Us

Jessica Mackinnon
Director of Public Information
jmack@dom.edu
(708)524-6289

Dan Armstrong
Public Relations Manager
darmstrong@dom.edu
(708)524-6452
Fast Facts
About Dominican University.
  • Founded in 1901 as St. Clara College, a college for girls, in Sinsinawa, Wis.
  • The college moved to River Forest, Ill. in 1922 and was renamed Rosary College. It became coeducational in 1974 and was renamed Dominican University in 1997.
  • Dominican University is a Catholic institution of higher education, sponsored by the Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters.
  • More than 80 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 a study abroad program.
  • Dominican University offers bachelor of arts and bachelor of science degrees with over 50 majors.
  • Dominican University offers 15 graduate degree programs in business, education, library and information science, organizational leadership, and social work.
  • Dominican University offers a doctoral degree in library and information science.
  • U.S. News and World Report has ranked Dominican in the top tier of Midwestern universities for 13 years and as a "Great School at a Great Price" for a decade.
  • Almost 4,000 students are enrolled in the undergraduate and graduate programs.
  • 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.
  • Dominican is nationally affiliated with the NCAA Division III and is a member of the Northern Athletics Conference. The men's soccer team traveled to the NCAA Division III Final Four tournament in 2009.


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Parmer Hall Lewis Hall Cloister

From left to right, Parmer Hall, Lewis Hall and the Cloister Walk


Donna M. Carroll, University President Quad Classroom

From left to right, Dominican University President Donna M. Carroll, the campus Quad, an undergraduate class


Candle and Rose Anatomy lab Graduation

From left to right, annual Candle and Rose ceremony, the anatomy lab, spring commencement


Neuroscience lab Men's Soccer










From left to right, the neuroscience lab and the men's soccer team