by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Dordt University was awarded 60 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is teacher assistant/aide.
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College Factual ranked Dordt as #428 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Dordt held the #648 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Dordt also holds the #8 spot on the Best Colleges in Iowa ranking.
The acceptance rate at Dordt University is 73%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that Dordt is a good fit for you.
About 13% of students accepted to Dordt submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 530 and 630. Math scores were between 520 and 660.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Dordt University, this ratio is 14 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Dordt University is 65%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Dordt University has a freshmen retention rate of 83%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Dordt the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 70%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,436 undergraduates at Dordt with 1,339 being full-time and 97 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $20,035 | $20,101 | $23,412 | $26,186 | $28,244 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Dordt, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Dordt, approximately 65% of students took out student loans averaging $7,842 a year. That adds up to $31,368 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Dordt is 2.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for Dordt are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 700 7Th St Se, Sioux Center, IA 51250-1606 |
| Phone: | 712-722-6000 |
| Website: | https://www.dordt.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/DordtCollege |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/dordtcollege |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 69 | $33,652 |
| Nursing | 27 | $57,054 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 25 | $43,786 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 23 | $61,563 |
| General Biology | 15 | NA |
| Accounting | 15 | $47,578 |
| Marketing | 15 | NA |
| Civil Engineering | 13 | NA |
| General Psychology | 12 | NA |
| General Business/Commerce | 11 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 675 students took at least one online class at Dordt University. This is an increase from the 639 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 675 | 365 |
| 2019-2020 | 639 | 302 |
| 2018-2019 | 240 | 180 |
| 2017-2018 | 174 | 138 |
| 2016-2017 | 54 | 18 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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