- The Inkwell
- Iowa
- Dordt University
Sioux Center, IATown: remoteZIP 51250Founded 1955
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1955
- Carnegie class
- Master's: small programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.dordt.edu
IowaReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Dordt University
Dordt University is a private nonprofit university in Sioux Center, Iowa, with 1,597 undergraduates. It admits 68% of applicants, graduates 72% within six years and costs $25,944 a year after aid.
72%graduate
Admission rate68%
Retention85%
4-year graduation68%
Pell Grant share24%
Federal loans41%
$25,944net price / year
68%admission rate
1221average SAT
72%graduate in 6 years
$57,576median earnings, 10 yrs
$19,500median debt
#913 of 1,704 for earnings#1,283 of 1,739 for lowest net price#312 of 1,738 for graduation rate#525 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $53,336tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $38,040
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $38,040
- Average net price
- $25,944national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$27,498
$30,001–48,000$23,796
$48,001–75,000$23,449
$75,001–110,000$24,438
$110,001+$30,170
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 68%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1221
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 540–670
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 530–660
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 21–29
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college68%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college85%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college72%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college24%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 72%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 68%
- First-year retention
- 85%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 67%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $54,751
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $57,576middle 50%: $40,002–$86,681
- Median debt at graduation
- $19,500
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$86,681
Median, Dordt University$57,576
Lower quarter$40,002
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 1,597
- Part-time
- 1.1%
- Women / men
- 50% / 50%
- Average age at entry
- 19.7
- First-generation students
- 12%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 24%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 14 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 59%
- Average faculty salary
- $7,251 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $11,202
- Endowment, end of year
- $74,792,440
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White81%
Hispanic2.2%
Black0.6%
Asian0.9%
Two or more races1.9%
U.S. nonresident8.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.2%
Unknown4.1%
24 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management20%
Engineering13%
Agriculture12%
Education11%
Parks, recreation & fitness7.4%
Public administration & social service5.9%
Health professions5.9%
Biological & biomedical sciences4.3%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 153250. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q3112939.