Which Dominican University major has the lowest debt?

Nursing graduates leave with a median of $23,083 in federal loans, the lowest among 12 Dominican University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Dominican University cost?

Tuition and fees are $38,978 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $11,745 a year.

How many Dominican University programs report graduate pay?

12 bachelor's programs at Dominican University report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Dominican University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
River Forest, IL
2,561 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

12 Dominican University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($70,530), and Design and Applied Arts the least ($22,938). The median program pays $31,252.

Tuition and fees$38,978Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$11,745Per year

Graduation rate55%Within 6 years

Admission rate90%Of applicants

All 12 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Illinois" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Illinois. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Illinois
1	NursingAbout 30 graduates a year	$70,530	Not reported	$23,083	24th of 32
2	AccountingAbout 20 graduates a year	$57,187	$85,966	$26,000	12th of 28
3	Teacher EducationAbout 19 graduates a year	$45,924	$54,060	$27,000	11th of 38
4	Business AdministrationAbout 23 graduates a year	$45,045	$69,669	$26,000	23rd of 38
5	CriminologyAbout 20 graduates a year	$31,758	$51,128	$27,000	3rd of 4
6	SociologyAbout 20 graduates a year	$31,657	$51,989	$27,000	13th of 16
7	PsychologyAbout 38 graduates a year	$30,846	$56,614	$23,832	26th of 35
8	Specialized Sales and MerchandisingAbout 8 graduates a year	$29,907	$48,414	$27,000	1st of 1
9	Romance LanguagesAbout 11 graduates a year	$29,102	Not reported	$26,246	9th of 10
10	Natural SciencesAbout 28 graduates a year	$27,081	$64,442	$25,054	1st of 1
11	BiologyAbout 24 graduates a year	$26,015	$61,903	$25,117	27th of 27
12	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 11 graduates a year	$22,938	Not reported	$26,978	8th of 10

Program names link to the program's own page, and Illinois ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Illinois programs in the field do too.

Some nursing bachelor's programs are for nurses who are already licensed and working (RN-to-BSN). College Scorecard counts them with programs for new students, and their graduates' pay reflects years of nursing experience, so high pay at a program here may not mean higher starting pay for a new nurse.

2 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$70,530
Accounting$57,187
Teacher Education$45,924
Business Administration$45,045
Criminology$31,758

Lowest median debt

Nursing$23,083
Psychology$23,832
Natural Sciences$25,054
Biology$25,117
Accounting$26,000

Largest programs

PsychologyAbout 38 graduates a year
NursingAbout 30 graduates a year
Natural SciencesAbout 28 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 24 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 23 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $70,530 in their first year, the most of 12 Dominican University bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Illinois rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels