University Type:			Private, not-for-profit, coed; Master's Colleges & Universities I
Religious Affiliation:			Roman Catholic
History:			Founded in 1901 as St. Clara College in Sinsinawa, Wisconsin. Moved to River Forest, Illinois in 1922 and renamed Rosary College. Became Dominican University in 1997.
Campus:			Thirty acre main campus is in River Forest, a residential suburb located ten miles west of downtown Chicago. Classes are also offered at the Dominican Priory campus in River Forest as well as other sites in the Chicago area, in eastern Europe and on-line.
Enrollment (Fall 2007):			1,598 Undergraduate Students: 87% full-time, 13% part-time; 1,740 Graduate Students: 29% full-time, 71% part-time;3,338 Total Students: 57% full-time, 43% part-time.
Library:			218,800 books and other printed materials, 814 hard copy periodicals and 16,300 electronic full-text periodicals, 5,273 microfilm items and 84,000 government documents. Computerized catalog and database searching available. Fifty student computers are available on four floors.
Undergraduate Programs:			Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees with over 50 majors, as well as eleven professional and pre-professional programs and an accelerated adult program in Organizational Leadership.
Graduate Programs:			Sixteen degree programs in Business, Education, Library and Information Science, Organizational Leadership, and Social Work
Faculty (Fall 2007):			Full-Time: 124 Instructional, 6 Librarians Part-Time: 226 (Illinois locations only) Student/Faculty Ratio: 12 to 1
Tuition (2007-2008):			Undergraduate: $22,350 full-time ($745 per credit hour part-time).Graduate: $560 to $720 per credit hour, depending on program. Room and Board: $7,000 to $7,890 (double and meal plan with flex dollars).
Financial Aid:			98% of all freshmen receive some form of financial aid, with an average award of $16,972 (Fall 2006).
Recognition:			Ranked by "U.S. News and World Report" in the top tier (#21) of all Midwestern Master's Universities and cited as a "Best Value" among all Midwestern Master's Universities.