C+
Overall Niche Grade
How are grades calculated?
  1. Academics
    C+
  2. Value
    B+
  3. Diversity
    A
  4. Campus
    C
  5. Athletics
    B-
  6. Party Scene
    C+
  7. Professors
    B-
  8. Location
    B-
  9. Dorms
    C
  10. Campus Food
    A-
  11. Student Life
    C+
  12. Safety
    A
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Notre Dame de Namur University is ...
Private not-for-profit, Catholic
Athletic Division
NCAA Division II (without football)
Athletic Conference
Pacific West Conference
Address
1500 Ralston Ave
Belmont, CA 94002
Website
ndnu.edu

Notre Dame de Namur University Rankings

Niche rankings are based on rigorous analysis of key statistics from the U.S. Department of Education and millions of reviews.

Admissions

Acceptance Rate
87%
SAT Range
810-1030
ACT Range
16-21
Application Fee
$50
SAT/ACT
Required
High School GPA
Required
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Test Scores and GPA for Notre Dame de Namur University

Cost

Net Price
$27,952/ year
National
$15,403
Average cost after financial aid for students receiving grant or scholarship aid, as reported by the college.
Net Price by Household Income
  • <$30k
    $22,271/ year
  • $30-48k
    $24,118/ year
  • $49-75k
    $25,166/ year
  • $76-110k
    $28,166/ year
  • $110k+
    $30,898/ year

Academics

Professors
B-
Based on faculty accomplishments, salary, student reviews, and additional factors.
Student Faculty Ratio
11:1
Evening Degree Programs
No
87%
of students agree that professors put a lot of effort into teaching their classes.38 responses
90%
of students agree that it is easy to get the classes they want.40 responses
72%
of students agree that the workload is easy to manage.39 responses

Majors

Most Popular Majors
  • Business Administration and Management
    69 Graduates
  • Psychology
    46 Graduates
  • Human Services
    35 Graduates
  • Liberal Arts and Humanities
    26 Graduates
  • Communications
    25 Graduates
  • Exercise Physiology
    24 Graduates
  • Sociology
    21 Graduates
  • Biology
    14 Graduates
  • Computer and Information Studies
    10 Graduates
  • History
    8 Graduates

Students

Full-Time Enrollment
788Undergrads
Undergrads Over 25
10%
Pell Grant
54%
Varsity Athletes
22%
Poll
What one word or phrase best describes the typical student at this school?
Based on 23 responses
Report
  • Motivated
    48%
  • Cultured
    26%
  • Athletes
    13%
  • Determined
    13%

Campus Life

Freshmen Live On-Campus
82%
Poll
64%
of students say they don't have Greek life.42 responses
Poll
40%
of students say varsity sporting events are attended, but not a huge part of campus life.48 responses
Poll
What one word or phrase best describes your school?
Based on 27 responses
Report
  • Meaningful
    33%
  • Small, but fantastic. I can make friends easily.
    26%
  • Diverse
    15%
  • Okay
    15%
  • Boring
    7%
  • Disappointing
    4%

After College

Median Earnings 6 Years After Graduation
$51,300/ year
National
$33,028
Graduation Rate
42%
National
48%
Employed 2 Years After Graduation
89%
National
83%
75%
of students feel confident they will find a job in their field after graduation.24 responses
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Notre Dame de Namur University Reviews

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The dorms in the campus are great. My freshman year I had two roommates and we had the biggest dorm because the other students had one roommate opposed to us that had two. We keep our room clean and we also had a bathroom on our hall so we had to walk out of our room to use it. The people that cleaned the bathroom did a good job and they cleaned it everyday between 12pm-1pm. The housing process as easy in that I choose the lowest form of paying for housing. I payed about $3,200 per semester for having 3 people inside my dorm including me. If you had 2 people in your dorm including you, it costs $4,179. If you lived in an apartment with another person you could pay $4,978. Finally if you lived in a single room, you would pay $4,868. The social atmosphere was great because there are males in females living in your hall and you get to have events like watch movies, go the the theaters, go bowling, or even go to a san francisco giants game. I personally liked living on campus my first year, but like I lived less than 10 miles away from campus, I would drive my second year at the university.
  • May 27 2016
  • Housing
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The quality of the courses offered at the school is great. The professors challenge you in thinking about how you would process a text. The class styles are different depending on the class that you are taking. I took a class that was called Lit Review, and in every class we had a seminar and we talked about the poems that we were reading and asked questions to the class as well as examine the different parts of the poem. In other classes the professors lecture for an entire class and we just take notes. Overall the are great and it also depends on the class that you are taking to see the different class styles. The class sizes is excellent because there are not more that 18 students per class unless its a class like biology of chemistry that has a class size of not more that 30.
My favorite experience from this school is that I am able to make friends fast and be able to be with them is some classes because there is not a lot of students in the university. I like how the school has less than 30 students in a class and you are able to learn and understand the professor without being distracted. However, no school is perfect. On occasions the wifi of the school will shutdown and we could not go on to the internet for eight hours. Living at the school was also has its perks, but the fire alarm will go on in the middle of the night waking me up. I will recommend living at school for a year to get the experience of living there, but if you live within 20 miles of the school I would recommend to commute.