Dominican University (CA) acceptance rate and admissions profile

Dominican University (CA) is a private college in California that admits most qualified applicants (around 84%), which puts it in the accessible range. A rate like this means it admits most qualified applicants; the bar is less about clearing a single cutoff and more about how your full profile compares to admitted students.

Use this page to see what Dominican University (CA) weighs, where it ranks among California schools, and how a profile like yours is likely to land. Admitted students post a 75th-percentile SAT around 1150, a useful checkpoint for where your scores sit, though it is a reference range and not a cutoff.

Dominican University (CA) signals that it values rigor of secondary school record, academic GPA, and application essay above the rest of the file. Solid grades in a challenging schedule do most of the work here, with the rest of the application providing context. These ratings come from Dominican University (CA)'s reported Common Data Set, so the full chart below reflects what the school itself says it values, not a generic guess.

Among the 61 California schools we track, Dominican University (CA) ranks #36 most selective by acceptance rate. Schools like California Institute of Technology (3%) and Stanford University (4%) sit nearby, which makes California a useful frame for calibrating a balanced list.

If Dominican University (CA) is on your list, schools with a similar admit profile are worth a look: Duquesne University, Houston Christian University, and Emory & Henry University. Running the same profile against each one in the free calculator is the fastest way to see where you are a reach, a match, or a likely.

Acceptance rate and admitted test ranges reflect publicly reported data (U.S. Department of Education / NCES IPEDS / Common Data Sets). Estimates from CollegeCalcAI are a planning tool computed by a fixed, transparent model, not a guarantee of any admission decision.