University of Dayton

Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach National
Religious Affiliation Catholic (Marianist)
Population 900,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 110 (71%)
Sunshine Hours 2,305 (17%)
Days Without Precipitation 227 (15%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 7,554
Men / Women 53% / 47%
From State 55%
From Region 15%
Athletes 427 (5.7%)

Racial/Ethnic

White 79%
Hispanic 7%
Black 5%
Mixed 4%
International 3%
Asian 2%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Arts and Sciences 637 36% 73% 3% 8% 8% 3% $72,282 51 +0.97 62 98%
Computer Information Systems 17 — 76% 76% 6% 6% 12% 0% $99,554 63 +0.06 91 — — — — —
Computer Science 31 — 81% 55% 13% 0% 6% 16% $105,732 30 -0.56 94 100% — — — —
Chemistry 5 — 40% 60% 0% 20% 20% 0% $71,772 59 +0.02 61 — — — — —
Geology 4 — 75% 25% 0% 0% 0% 75% $67,383 62 +0.21 50 — — — — —
Mathematics 3 +2 67% 67% 0% 0% 33% 0% $75,812 46 -0.36 69 — — — — —
Physical Sciences 2 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $78,323 34 -0.38 73 — — — — —
Physics 3 — 100% 67% 0% 0% 33% 0% $79,456 38 -0.30 74 — — — — —
Biochemistry 10 — 10% 90% 0% 10% 0% 0% $69,681 42 -0.16 56 — — — — —
Biology 56 +1 27% 71% 4% 12% 9% 2% $79,248 95 +1.49 74 95% — — — —
Environmental Biology 20 — 30% 85% 5% 0% 5% 0% $54,820 48 -0.17 18 100% — — — —
Environmental Sciences 17 +1 47% 82% 0% 6% 12% 0% $64,489 81 +0.73 43 — — — — —
Economics 3 — 33% 67% 0% 0% 0% 0% $71,778 12 -0.99 61 100% — — — —
International Studies - Economics 5 +3 0% 40% 0% 0% 20% 0% $71,778 12 -0.99 61 100% — — — —
English 19 +3 32% 79% 5% 5% 5% 0% $61,089 90 +1.06 34 96% — — — —
French 1 +4 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $68,508 86 +0.93 53 96% — — — —
General Studies 5 — 80% 20% 0% 40% 0% 40% $62,620 82 +0.51 38 — — — — —
History 10 +4 60% 90% 0% 0% 10% 0% $65,341 88 +0.82 45 100% — — — —
Philosophy 9 +2 78% 22% 0% 22% 0% 0% $62,697 60 +0.10 38 — — — — —
Religious Studies 8 — 62% 75% 12% 0% 12% 0% $63,068 95 +1.51 39 — — — — —
Spanish 1 +4 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $68,508 86 +0.93 53 96% — — — —
Women's and Gender Studies — +2 — — — — — — $61,109 74 +0.60 34 — — — — —
Communication 155 +4 41% 77% 1% 7% 8% 1% $77,122 94 +1.42 71 99% — — — —
International Studies 13 +2 8% 69% 0% 8% 15% 0% $69,219 43 -0.18 55 97% — — — —
Political Science 33 +10 36% 70% 3% 15% 3% 3% $71,753 53 -0.03 61 98% — — — —
Psychology 112 +3 10% 77% 4% 7% 4% 2% $64,299 94 +1.40 43 99% — — — —
Sociology 7 +3 14% 57% 0% 14% 29% 0% $49,336 17 -0.68 9 90% — — — —
Art History 3 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $52,981 67 +0.09 14 — — — — —
Fine Arts 3 — 0% 67% 0% 0% 0% 0% $52,433 78 +0.60 13 — — — — —
Music 3 +1 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $51,897 74 +0.55 12 — — — — —
Music Performance — — — — — — — — $52,302 75 +0.60 13 — — — — —
Music Theory and Composition — — — — — — — — $52,348 75 +0.60 13 — — — — —
Photography 1 — 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $52,612 50 -0.21 14 — — — — —
Theatre, Dance, and Performance Technology 2 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $51,607 93 +1.14 12 — — — — —
Visual Arts 2 — 0% 50% 0% 0% 0% 0% $52,761 80 +0.64 14 — — — — —
Visual Communication Design 29 — 38% 86% 0% 0% 0% 14% $62,848 96 +1.72 39 94% — — — —
Criminal Justice Studies 45 +3 44% 58% 4% 13% 20% 2% $72,527 96 +1.74 63 97% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Business Administration 567 66% 87% 1% 3% 4% 1% $102,395 95 +0.79 93 99%
Accounting 75 +11 52% 92% 1% 3% 3% 0% $103,449 85 +1.06 93 98% — — — —
Business Analytics 1 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $102,499 72 +0.58 93 — — — — —
Business Economics 37 +13 78% 92% 0% 3% 3% 0% $109,163 71 +0.42 95 98% — — — —
Entrepreneurship 36 +7 78% 86% 3% 0% 6% 3% $100,879 90 +1.12 92 94% — — — —
Finance 166 +28 86% 85% 1% 4% 4% 0% $112,673 81 +0.47 97 100% — — — —
International Business — — — — — — — — $90,832 72 +0.32 86 95% — — — —
Management 54 +11 43% 85% 0% 4% 4% 2% $96,597 87 +0.99 90 — — — — —
Management Information Systems 32 +3 81% 78% 0% 12% 3% 3% $115,652 93 +1.33 97 100% — — — —
Marketing 149 +14 46% 88% 1% 3% 5% 1% $88,740 81 +0.87 84 99% — — — —
Operations and Supply Management 17 +2 82% 94% 0% 0% 6% 0% $99,012 70 +0.38 91 100% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Education and Health Sciences 399 28% 81% 2% 4% 6% 1% $60,062 10 -0.16 31 99%
Dietetics and Nutrition 8 — 12% 75% 0% 0% 12% 0% $73,192 87 +0.88 64 95% — — — —
Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology — — — — — — — — $72,638 88 +1.27 63 — — — — —
Health Sciences 109 — 27% 85% 1% 2% 6% 0% $47,485 5 -1.44 7 — — — — —
Health and Sport Science 16 — 50% 75% 0% 12% 6% 0% $47,485 8 -1.44 7 — — — — —
Kinesiology and Exercise Science — — — — — — — — $71,136 84 +1.09 60 97% — — — —
Nursing 16 — 6% 81% 0% 0% 6% 0% $88,175 39 -0.40 84 — — — — —
Pre-Dentistry 14 — 57% 86% 0% 0% 7% 0% $80,795 90 +1.07 76 99% — — — —
Premedicine 60 — 25% 77% 5% 8% 2% 2% $80,795 89 +0.84 76 99% — — — —
Sport Management 29 — 72% 76% 0% 0% 14% 7% $71,136 83 +1.04 60 97% — — — —
Intervention Specialist 9 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $56,208 68 +0.35 21 100% — — — —
Adolescence to Young Adult Education 18 — 50% 78% 0% 11% 0% 0% $50,591 27 -0.53 10 99% — — — —
Early Childhood Education 66 — 8% 89% 2% 3% 5% 0% $50,591 39 -0.25 10 99% — — — —
Education 22 — 41% 59% 5% 5% 9% 5% $54,649 51 -0.05 17 — — — — —
Language Arts Education 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $50,104 24 -0.75 10 — — — — —
Special Education 15 — 27% 80% 0% 0% 13% 0% $56,208 51 +0.05 21 100% — — — —
Art Education 3 — 0% 33% 0% 0% 33% 0% $50,104 68 +0.35 10 — — — — —
Music Education 3 — 33% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $50,104 65 +0.36 10 — — — — —
Music Therapy 10 — 0% 80% 0% 10% 10% 0% $83,970 100 +4.00 80 98% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Engineering 363 75% 81% 2% 3% 5% 6% $98,427 93 -0.17 91 98%
Chemical Engineering 29 — 62% 93% 0% 0% 0% 7% $105,832 54 +0.03 94 94% — — — —
Civil Engineering 50 — 68% 82% 0% 2% 8% 8% $93,302 56 +0.14 88 98% — — — —
Computer Engineering 24 — 83% 75% 4% 8% 4% 4% $122,247 72 +0.24 98 100% — — — —
Electrical Engineering 42 — 76% 62% 5% 5% 0% 21% $106,200 28 -0.51 94 97% — — — —
Mechanical Engineering 163 — 77% 88% 1% 2% 4% 2% $96,090 36 -0.39 89 98% — — — —
Computer Information Systems Technology 3 — 100% 67% 0% 33% 0% 0% $98,481 62 +0.01 91 — — — — —
Medicinal Chemistry 4 — 50% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $74,159 72 +0.25 66 — — — — —
Industrial Engineering Technology 10 — 70% 50% 0% 0% 20% 0% $94,326 72 +0.47 88 100% — — — —
Mechanical Engineering Technology 38 — 82% 71% 8% 5% 8% 3% $89,538 47 +0.07 85 100% — — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $50,750
ROI Percentile 79th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 89%
4-Year Graduation Rate 65%
6-Year Graduation Rate 80%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Business & Economics 30.7% 604 65% 86% 1% 3% 5% 1% $100,489 86 +0.77 92 99% —
Social Sciences 16.7% 329 27% 76% 2% 8% 7% 1% $70,743 88 +1.13 59 99% —
Engineering 15.7% 308 75% 83% 1% 3% 4% 6% $99,972 41 -0.23 91 98% —
Health Sciences 10.9% 215 28% 82% 2% 4% 5% 0% $61,978 6 -0.56 36 99% —
Education 6.2% 122 22% 81% 2% 4% 6% 1% $52,009 38 -0.22 12 99% —
Professional 4.7% 93 62% 62% 5% 9% 15% 2% $81,822 80 +0.92 77 99% —
Life & Natural Sciences 4.4% 86 26% 77% 3% 9% 7% 1% $72,455 75 +0.91 63 96% —
Arts 3.0% 59 25% 81% 0% 3% 3% 7% $62,647 89 +1.68 38 95% —
Humanities 2.7% 53 53% 66% 4% 9% 6% 4% $62,887 85 +0.86 39 98% —
Computer Science 2.6% 51 80% 63% 10% 4% 8% 10% $103,246 37 -0.32 93 100% —
Agriculture & Food Science 1.3% 25 36% 80% 0% 4% 12% 0% $67,274 77 +0.78 50 95% —
Physical Sciences & Math 1.1% 21 57% 67% 0% 5% 14% 14% $73,689 36 -0.04 65 — —

Research R1

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Engineering $211M #20 95% $7.7M 28 #111 88 1
Computer Science $33.6M #23 99% $0.0M 1 #193 11 —
Education $4.1M #112 93% $0 100 #14 — —
Health Sciences $1.1M #241 87% $0 — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $0.9M #324 73% $0 2 #308 — —
Physical Sciences & Math $0.8M #384 92% $0 — — — —
Business & Economics $0.3M #273 95% $0 — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences $0.3M #454 97% $0 4 #185 16 3
Agriculture & Food Science $0.2M #226 100% $0 — — — —
Total $252M #105 96% $7.7M 135 #147 115 4

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D1

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Football 119 $524K $2.2M -$1.7M
Baseball 41 $991K $1.8M -$823K
Soccer 32 $854K $1.5M -$659K
Basketball 17 $19.1M $10.3M $8.8M
Cross Country 17 $303K $335K -$31K
Golf 12 $373K $508K -$134K
Tennis 11 $376K $572K -$195K
Total 249 $22.5M $17.2M $5.3M
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 83 $498K $907K -$408K
Rowing 36 $407K $601K -$194K
Soccer 30 $981K $1.7M -$729K
Volleyball 23 $1.0M $1.9M -$884K
Softball 19 $571K $1.1M -$532K
Basketball 15 $1.7M $4.1M -$2.4M
Golf 10 $63K $158K -$94K
Tennis 8 $149K $220K -$70K
Total 178 $5.4M $10.7M -$5.3M
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Football 119 $524K $2.2M -$1.7M
Track & Field (combined) 83 $498K $907K -$408K
Soccer 62 $1.8M $3.2M -$1.4M
Baseball 41 $991K $1.8M -$823K
Rowing 36 $407K $601K -$194K
Basketball 32 $20.9M $14.4M $6.5M
Volleyball 23 $1.0M $1.9M -$884K
Golf 22 $437K $666K -$229K
Softball 19 $571K $1.1M -$532K
Tennis 19 $525K $792K -$266K
Cross Country 17 $303K $335K -$31K
Total 427 $43.7M $43.7M $0

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 60%
Yield (non-ED) 12%
Early Decision 1 Nov 1
Early Action Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 82% 81% 70%

Early Action and Restrictive Early Action applicants are reported at the regular-decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 36%
SAT Range 1200 – 1380
SAT Math Range 600 – 690
SAT RW Range 600 – 690