Private nonprofit · University
Notre Dame de Namur University
Belmont, California · Large suburb
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- Admit rate
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- Avg net price
- 7%
- Graduation rate
- $74,576
- Median earnings
Notre Dame de Namur University is a private nonprofit bachelor's-granting institution in Belmont, California (large suburb setting), enrolling 33 undergraduates. It has a Roman Catholic religious affiliation.
About Belmont, California
Belmont is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States. It is in the San Francisco Bay Area, on the San Francisco Peninsula about halfway between San Francisco and San Jose. It was originally part of Rancho de las Pulgas, for which one of its main roads, the Alameda de las Pulgas, is named. The city was incorporated in 1926. Belmont lies on the edge of California's Silicon Valley. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Graduate
- Nearest big city
- 19 miles to San Francisco, CA
- To the ocean
- 3 miles
- Nearest airport
- 2 miles to San Carlos (SQL)
How Notre Dame de Namur University compares
Higher than 2% · #119 of 122 in California
Higher than 87% · #43 of 130 in California
Lower than 34%
Lower than 94%
Larger than 3%
Percentiles compare Notre Dame de Namur University with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in California.
Student body
Undergraduate vs. graduate
- Undergraduate3311%
- Graduate27389%
Undergraduates by gender
- Women2370%
- Men1030%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White21%
- Black6.1%
- Hispanic48%
- Asian6.1%
- Other or multiracial18%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 33
- Graduate enrollment
- 273
- Student–faculty ratio
- 6 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 29%
- First-generation students
- 46%
- Students over 25
- 79%
- Median family income
- $39,259
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $77,382
- Endowment
- $23,408,314
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Outcomes
- Graduated (within 6 years)
- 7%
- Graduated on time (4 years)
- 7%
- First-year retention
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- Transferred to another college
- 70%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $57,676
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $74,576
- Median debt at graduation
- $25,000
- Students with federal loans
- 21%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 55%
Graduating on time
By student background (4 years)
When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- Yes
- Dorm capacity
- 72
- Dorm capacity vs undergrads
- 100%+
- Housing charge (year)
- $7,500
- Application fee
- $50
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
Campus safety
- Safety grade
- A
- Reported offenses per 1,000 students
- 0.0 / year
- Violent offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
- Property offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (306 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $74,576
- Typical debt at graduation
- $25,000
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 34%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 69%
Typical debt would take roughly 3.4 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.
Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.
The pay gap here
Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.
Men out-earn women by $10,298 (14%) a decade out.
Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 81°F
- Winter low
- 40°F
- Annual rain
- 19″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Redwood City, CA US station (3.8 mi from campus).
What Notre Dame de Namur University graduates study — and earn
Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.
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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.










