Dordt University Teaching Programs

Located in Sioux Center, Iowa, Dordt University is a private not-for-profit institution. The surrounding location of Sioux Center is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

Where Is Dordt University?

Contact details for Dordt are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	700 7Th St Se, Sioux Center, IA 51250-1606
Phone:	712-722-6000
Website:	www.dordt.edu

How Do I Get Into Dordt?

You can apply to Dordt online at: https://www.dordt.edu/admissions-and-aid/apply-now

Admission Requirements for Dordt

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	3
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Dordt?

Dordt has the high acceptance rate of 88%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 50% of accepted students are men and 50% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 79%, and the acceptance rate for women is 99%.

Average Test Scores

About 17% of students accepted to Dordt submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 510 and 640. Math scores were between 510 and 620.

Dordt received ACT scores from 66% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 21 and 28. Math scores were between 20 and 0. Composite scores were between 21 and 28.

Can I Afford Dordt University?

The overall average net price of Dordt is $32,444. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Dordt, approximately 65% of students took out student loans averaging $7,842 a year. That adds up to $31,368 over four years for those students.

Dordt University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,535 undergraduate students at Dordt, with 1,403 being full-time and 132 being part-time.

There are also 249 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,403 full-time undergraduates at Dordt, 53% are male and 47% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Dordt University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	18
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	40
White	1,127
International Students	139
Other Races/Ethnicities	71

Geographic Diversity

Iowa students aren't the only ones who study at Dordt University. At this time, 25 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 29 countries are represented at Dordt. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, South Korea, and Indonesia.

Online Learning at Dordt University

In 2022-2023, 683 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Dordt has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 5th most popular in Iowa for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Dordt majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Curriculum & Instruction	27%
General Educational Leadership & Administration	8%

Dordt University Teaching Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Elementary Education	54	0	54
General Educational Leadership & Administration	0	39	39
Curriculum & Instruction	0	30	30
Secondary Education	11	0	11
Teacher Education	10	0	10
Music Education	4	0	4
General Special Education	2	0	2
Physical Education Teaching & Coaching	2	0	2
General Education	0	0	0
Other Education	0	0	0
Other Special Education & Teaching	0	0	0
Art Education	0	0	0
Business and Innovation/Entrepreneurship Teacher Education	0	0	0
French Language Teacher Education	0	0	0
Science Education	0	0	0
Spanish Education	0	0	0
Teacher Assistant/Aide	0	0	0
TOTAL	83	69	152

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.