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Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Amherst, NY
Population 900,000
Website https://www.daemen.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%)
Sunshine Hours 2,207 (8% 🌧️)
Days Without Precipitation 198 (3% ☔)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 1,601
Men / Women 26% / 74%
From State 90%
From Region 2%
Athletes 18.7%

Racial/Ethnic

White 73%
Black 9%
Hispanic 7%
Asian 4%
Mixed 2%
International 2%
Native American 1%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 28.0% 28.0% 2012 Men: 23.9% 23.9% 2013 Men: 26.3% 26.3% 2014 Men: 28.3% 28.3% 2015 Men: 31.8% 31.8% 2016 Men: 29.3% 29.3% 2017 Men: 29.7% 29.7% 2018 Men: 33.3% 33.3% 2019 Men: 30.1% 30.1% 2020 Men: 27.2% 27.2% 2021 Men: 25.9% 25.9% 2022 Men: 23.7% 23.7% 2023 Men: 34.7% 34.7% 2024 Men: 25.0% 25.0%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 1.1% 1.1% 2012 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2013 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2015 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2017 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2018 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2019 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2020 Native: 1.0% 1.0% 2021 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2024 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2011 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2012 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2013 Asian: 0.6% 0.6% 2014 Asian: 0.5% 0.5% 2015 Asian: 1.8% 1.8% 2016 Asian: 2.5% 2.5% 2017 Asian: 2.5% 2.5% 2018 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2019 Asian: 2.9% 2.9% 2020 Asian: 1.2% 1.2% 2021 Asian: 2.3% 2.3% 2022 Asian: 3.6% 3.6% 2023 Asian: 3.6% 3.6% 2024 Asian: 3.8% 3.8% 2011 Black: 13.1% 13.1% 2012 Black: 8.2% 8.2% 2013 Black: 10.5% 10.5% 2014 Black: 12.6% 12.6% 2015 Black: 10.0% 10.0% 2016 Black: 12.7% 12.7% 2017 Black: 10.3% 10.3% 2018 Black: 15.8% 15.8% 2019 Black: 10.3% 10.3% 2020 Black: 13.4% 13.4% 2021 Black: 12.5% 12.5% 2022 Black: 14.1% 14.1% 2023 Black: 12.9% 12.9% 2024 Black: 10.9% 10.9% 2011 Hispanic: 2.7% 2.7% 2012 Hispanic: 3.0% 3.0% 2013 Hispanic: 2.8% 2.8% 2014 Hispanic: 4.0% 4.0% 2015 Hispanic: 3.8% 3.8% 2016 Hispanic: 2.9% 2.9% 2017 Hispanic: 6.7% 6.7% 2018 Hispanic: 7.8% 7.8% 2019 Hispanic: 8.1% 8.1% 2020 Hispanic: 6.9% 6.9% 2021 Hispanic: 9.4% 9.4% 2022 Hispanic: 10.0% 10.0% 2023 Hispanic: 7.5% 7.5% 2024 Hispanic: 7.7% 7.7% 2011 White: 82.0% 82.0% 2012 White: 85.6% 85.6% 2013 White: 82.8% 82.8% 2014 White: 80.0% 80.0% 2015 White: 80.0% 80.0% 2016 White: 71.2% 71.2% 2017 White: 77.2% 77.2% 2018 White: 72.8% 72.8% 2019 White: 73.1% 73.1% 2020 White: 76.8% 76.8% 2021 White: 71.6% 71.6% 2022 White: 68.5% 68.5% 2023 White: 70.5% 70.5% 2024 White: 73.7% 73.7% 2011 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2012 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2013 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2014 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2015 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2016 International: 1.1% 1.1% 2017 International: 2.1% 2.1% 2018 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2019 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2020 International: 0.2% 0.2% 2021 International: 1.0% 1.0% 2022 International: 1.5% 1.5% 2023 International: 3.9% 3.9% 2024 International: 0.9% 0.9%

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2021 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2022 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2023 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2024 Native: 1.1% 1.1% 2025 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2020 Asian: 3.2% 3.2% 2021 Asian: 3.3% 3.3% 2022 Asian: 3.8% 3.8% 2023 Asian: 4.1% 4.1% 2024 Asian: 3.9% 3.9% 2025 Asian: 3.7% 3.7% 2020 Black: 11.4% 11.4% 2021 Black: 11.4% 11.4% 2022 Black: 10.0% 10.0% 2023 Black: 10.2% 10.2% 2024 Black: 10.5% 10.5% 2025 Black: 8.7% 8.7% 2020 Hispanic: 6.9% 6.9% 2021 Hispanic: 6.6% 6.6% 2022 Hispanic: 6.1% 6.1% 2023 Hispanic: 5.6% 5.6% 2024 Hispanic: 6.3% 6.3% 2025 Hispanic: 6.9% 6.9% 2020 White: 74.2% 74.2% 2021 White: 74.0% 74.0% 2022 White: 74.9% 74.9% 2023 White: 75.8% 75.8% 2024 White: 72.3% 72.3% 2025 White: 73.5% 73.5% 2020 International: 2.0% 2.0% 2021 International: 1.6% 1.6% 2022 International: 1.3% 1.3% 2023 International: 1.0% 1.0% 2024 International: 1.8% 1.8% 2025 International: 2.1% 2.1%

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Daemen University 396 19% / 81% 1% $63,917 69 98%
Computational and Applied Mathematics 3 — 100% / 0% 0% — — —
Mathematics — — — — $70,840 79 —
Biochemistry — — — — $63,516 68 —
Biological Sciences — — — — $63,900 69 —
Biology 10 — 30% / 70% 0% $61,276 64 —
Biomedical Sciences 5 — 40% / 60% 0% $63,257 68 —
Environmental Science 1 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Natural Sciences 105 — 21% / 79% 0% $69,040 77 98%
Health and Wellness 7 — 0% / 100% 0% $48,828 30 97%
Nursing 64 — 6% / 94% 0% $86,806 92 96%
Accounting 10 — 70% / 30% 0% $70,534 79 98%
Business Administration 11 — 64% / 36% 27% $65,656 72 —
Business Studies 5 — 60% / 40% 0% $65,968 73 —
Human Resources Management 3 — 33% / 67% 0% $66,891 74 —
International Business 1 — 100% / 0% 100% $72,867 81 —
Marketing 9 — 67% / 33% 0% $65,989 73 —
Communication 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $51,362 38 —
English — — — — $45,811 22 —
History 1 — 100% / 0% 0% — — —
Political Science 3 — 0% / 100% 0% $59,987 61 —
Psychology 20 — 10% / 90% 0% $47,877 27 100%
Religious Studies 1 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Social Sciences 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $51,397 38 —
Social Work 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $48,625 29 95%
Sustainability Studies 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $58,840 58 —
Biology Education 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $56,077 52 —
Early Childhood Education 5 — 0% / 100% 0% $53,272 44 —
Education 3 — 33% / 67% 0% — — —
Elementary Education 2 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
General Education 79 — 0% / 100% 1% $53,270 44 —
Mathematics Education 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $56,126 52 —
Social Studies Education — — — — $55,071 49 —
Special Education 9 — 0% / 100% 0% $53,883 45 —
Art Teacher Education — — — — $54,196 46 —
Arts Management 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $39,912 10 —
Digital Arts 14 — 50% / 50% 0% $41,104 12 —
Drawing 5 — 20% / 80% 0% $38,616 9 —
Graphic Design 3 — 33% / 67% 0% $42,623 15 —
Painting 1 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Paralegal Studies 4 — 25% / 75% 0% $55,442 50 —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $37,290
ROI Percentile 69th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 76%
4-Year Graduation Rate 47%
6-Year Graduation Rate 59%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 44.0% 44.0% 2012 Graduated: 48.4% 48.4% 2013 Graduated: 49.3% 49.3% 2014 Graduated: 47.4% 47.4% 2015 Graduated: 49.2% 49.2% 2016 Graduated: 55.3% 55.3% 2017 Graduated: 55.2% 55.2% 2018 Graduated: 56.8% 56.8% 2019 Graduated: 61.6% 61.6% 2020 Graduated: 57.8% 57.8% 2021 Graduated: 57.3% 57.3% 2022 Graduated: 55.0% 55.0% 2023 Graduated: 58.4% 58.4% 2024 Graduated: 58.9% 58.9%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 35.9% 35.9% 2012 Men: 47.6% 47.6% 2013 Men: 40.9% 40.9% 2014 Men: 47.9% 47.9% 2015 Men: 50.0% 50.0% 2016 Men: 53.4% 53.4% 2017 Men: 50.8% 50.8% 2018 Men: 51.0% 51.0% 2019 Men: 65.4% 65.4% 2020 Men: 50.8% 50.8% 2021 Men: 52.5% 52.5% 2022 Men: 45.2% 45.2% 2023 Men: 57.4% 57.4% 2024 Men: 47.8% 47.8% 2011 Women: 46.2% 46.2% 2012 Women: 48.6% 48.6% 2013 Women: 52.2% 52.2% 2014 Women: 47.2% 47.2% 2015 Women: 49.0% 49.0% 2016 Women: 56.0% 56.0% 2017 Women: 56.9% 56.9% 2018 Women: 58.7% 58.7% 2019 Women: 60.3% 60.3% 2020 Women: 60.5% 60.5% 2021 Women: 59.5% 59.5% 2022 Women: 59.1% 59.1% 2023 Women: 58.8% 58.8% 2024 Women: 64.4% 64.4%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Asian Black Hispanic White
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Asian: 100.0% 100.0% 2012 Asian: 50.0% 50.0% 2013 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Asian: 42.9% 42.9% 2016 Asian: 36.4% 36.4% 2017 Asian: 54.5% 54.5% 2018 Asian: 80.0% 80.0% 2019 Asian: 66.7% 66.7% 2020 Asian: 40.0% 40.0% 2021 Asian: 66.7% 66.7% 2022 Asian: 64.3% 64.3% 2023 Asian: 42.9% 42.9% 2024 Asian: 69.2% 69.2% 2011 Black: 18.8% 18.8% 2012 Black: 40.0% 40.0% 2013 Black: 42.1% 42.1% 2014 Black: 29.4% 29.4% 2015 Black: 40.0% 40.0% 2016 Black: 37.5% 37.5% 2017 Black: 51.1% 51.1% 2018 Black: 53.6% 53.6% 2019 Black: 47.6% 47.6% 2020 Black: 42.9% 42.9% 2021 Black: 35.4% 35.4% 2022 Black: 27.3% 27.3% 2023 Black: 50.0% 50.0% 2024 Black: 37.8% 37.8% 2011 Hispanic: 50.0% 50.0% 2012 Hispanic: 63.6% 63.6% 2013 Hispanic: 50.0% 50.0% 2014 Hispanic: 50.0% 50.0% 2015 Hispanic: 33.3% 33.3% 2016 Hispanic: 38.5% 38.5% 2017 Hispanic: 37.9% 37.9% 2018 Hispanic: 47.1% 47.1% 2019 Hispanic: 54.5% 54.5% 2020 Hispanic: 55.2% 55.2% 2021 Hispanic: 47.2% 47.2% 2022 Hispanic: 33.3% 33.3% 2023 Hispanic: 58.6% 58.6% 2024 Hispanic: 53.8% 53.8% 2011 White: 48.0% 48.0% 2012 White: 49.5% 49.5% 2013 White: 51.8% 51.8% 2014 White: 51.5% 51.5% 2015 White: 51.6% 51.6% 2016 White: 59.2% 59.2% 2017 White: 58.3% 58.3% 2018 White: 58.3% 58.3% 2019 White: 65.6% 65.6% 2020 White: 61.5% 61.5% 2021 White: 61.8% 61.8% 2022 White: 63.1% 63.1% 2023 White: 63.4% 63.4% 2024 White: 62.7% 62.7%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

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/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Agriculture & Food Science 26.8% 106 21% / 79% 0% $69,040 77 98%
Education 25.5% 101 2% / 98% 1% $53,416 44 —
Health Sciences 17.9% 71 6% / 94% 0% $83,062 89 96%
Business & Economics 9.8% 39 64% / 36% 10% $67,304 75 98%
Humanities & Social Sciences 8.3% 33 12% / 88% 0% $50,256 35 100%
Arts 6.1% 24 38% / 62% 0% $40,709 11 —
Life & Natural Sciences 3.8% 15 33% / 67% 0% $61,936 65 —
Professional 1.0% 4 25% / 75% 0% $55,442 50 —
Physical Sciences & Math 0.8% 3 100% / 0% 0% — — —

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Agriculture & Food Science — — — — — — — —
Business & Economics — — — — — — — —
Computer Science — — — — — — — —
Education — — — — — — — —
Engineering — — — — — — — —
Health Sciences — — — — — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences — — — — — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences — — — — — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math — — — — — — — —
Total — — — — — — — —

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.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 78%
Yield (Unbound) 11%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 78% 78% 78%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 59.9% 59.9% 2012 Acceptance: 50.3% 50.3% 2013 Acceptance: 48.6% 48.6% 2014 Acceptance: 54.9% 54.9% 2015 Acceptance: 50.7% 50.7% 2016 Acceptance: 52.6% 52.6% 2017 Acceptance: 49.4% 49.4% 2018 Acceptance: 53.9% 53.9% 2019 Acceptance: 61.6% 61.6% 2020 Acceptance: 61.8% 61.8% 2021 Acceptance: 78.4% 78.4% 2022 Acceptance: 79.9% 79.9% 2023 Acceptance: 76.2% 76.2% 2024 Acceptance: 68.3% 68.3% 2011 Yield: 31.0% 31.0% 2012 Yield: 29.7% 29.7% 2013 Yield: 27.6% 27.6% 2014 Yield: 26.9% 26.9% 2015 Yield: 25.6% 25.6% 2016 Yield: 23.2% 23.2% 2017 Yield: 22.2% 22.2% 2018 Yield: 19.3% 19.3% 2019 Yield: 20.7% 20.7% 2020 Yield: 19.2% 19.2% 2021 Yield: 16.5% 16.5% 2022 Yield: 16.3% 16.3% 2023 Yield: 16.2% 16.2% 2024 Yield: 11.5% 11.5%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 1,250 2,500 3,750 5,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 2,340 2,340 2012 Applicants: 2,937 2,937 2013 Applicants: 3,061 3,061 2014 Applicants: 2,849 2,849 2015 Applicants: 2,959 2,959 2016 Applicants: 3,219 3,219 2017 Applicants: 3,529 3,529 2018 Applicants: 3,249 3,249 2019 Applicants: 3,239 3,239 2020 Applicants: 2,902 2,902 2021 Applicants: 2,889 2,889 2022 Applicants: 2,752 2,752 2023 Applicants: 3,041 3,041 2024 Applicants: 3,730 3,730 2011 Admitted: 1,401 1,401 2012 Admitted: 1,477 1,477 2013 Admitted: 1,489 1,489 2014 Admitted: 1,564 1,564 2015 Admitted: 1,499 1,499 2016 Admitted: 1,693 1,693 2017 Admitted: 1,744 1,744 2018 Admitted: 1,752 1,752 2019 Admitted: 1,994 1,994 2020 Admitted: 1,793 1,793 2021 Admitted: 2,266 2,266 2022 Admitted: 2,200 2,200 2023 Admitted: 2,316 2,316 2024 Admitted: 2,546 2,546 2011 Enrolled: 435 435 2012 Enrolled: 439 439 2013 Enrolled: 411 411 2014 Enrolled: 420 420 2015 Enrolled: 384 384 2016 Enrolled: 392 392 2017 Enrolled: 387 387 2018 Enrolled: 339 339 2019 Enrolled: 412 412 2020 Enrolled: 345 345 2021 Enrolled: 375 375 2022 Enrolled: 358 358 2023 Enrolled: 375 375 2024 Enrolled: 292 292

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

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