Dominican University
Dominican University is a private Catholic university in River Forest, Illinois, United States. Affiliated with the Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters, it offers bachelor's and master's degrees, certificate programs, and PhDs in information studies and Applied Social Justice.Photo: CarrieSfuller, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: University
- Description: Catholic university in River Forest, Illinois, affiliated with the Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters
- Also known as: “Dominican”, “Rosary College”, “Saint Clara Academy”, “Saint Clara College”, and “Saint Clara’s College”
- Address: 7900 Division Street, River Forest, IL 60305
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Concordia University Chicago and Trinity High School.
Concordia University Chicago
University
Concordia University Chicago is a private university in River Forest, Illinois, United States. Formerly a college exclusively for educating teachers for parochial schools, Concordia-Chicago now offers more than 100 undergraduate and graduate degree programs and enrolls more than 5,000 students. Concordia University Chicago is situated 3,700 feet east of Dominican University.
Trinity High School
School
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Trinity High School is a Roman Catholic college preparatory high school for girls located in River Forest, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. Located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, it was founded in 1918 by members of the Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters. Trinity High School is situated 2,200 feet east of Dominican University.
River Forest Public Library
Library
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The River Forest Public Library is located at 735 Lathrop Avenue in River Forest, Illinois, a suburban community west of Chicago. It serves a core population of approximately 11,000 residents, and drawing reciprocal patrons from the surrounding area. River Forest Public Library is situated 4,200 feet southeast of Dominican University.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include River Forest and Elmwood Park.
River Forest
Village
River Forest is a suburban village adjacent to Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 11,717. Two universities make their home in River Forest, Dominican University and Concordia University Chicago.
Elmwood Park
Town
The Northwest Suburbs are in Chicagoland, primarily in northwestern Cook, southern Lake and northern DuPage County, centered along Metra’s North Central Service, though encompassing areas well beyond the rail line.
Forest Park
Village
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Forest Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, and a suburb of Chicago. The population was 14,339 at the 2020 census. The Forest Park terminal on the CTA Blue Line is the line's western terminus, located on the Eisenhower Expressway at Des Plaines Avenue. Forest Park is situated 1½ miles south of Dominican University.
Dominican University
- Categories: private not-for-profit educational institution, Catholic university, and education
- Location: River Forest Township, Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.90272° or 41° 54′ 10″ northLongitude
-87.82261° or 87° 49′ 21″ westElevation
623 feet (190 metres)Open location code
86HJW53G+3XOpenStreetMap ID
way 196590777OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Urdu—“Dominican University” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Universitat Dominica”
- Chinese: “多明尼克大學”
- Chinese: “多米尼堅大學”
- Chinese: “羅沙里學院”
- Esperanto: “Dominikana Universitato”
- Georgian: “დომინიკელთა უნივერსიტეტი (ილინოისი)”
- Georgian: “დომინიკელთა უნივერსიტეტი”
- Irish: “Ollscoil Dominican”
- Italian: “Dominican University”
- Japanese: “ドミニカン大学”
- Japanese: “ドミニカ大学”
- Korean: “도미니칸 대학교”
- Persian: “دانشگاه دومینیکن”
- Polish: “Dominican University (Illinois)”
- Polish: “Dominican University”
- Polish: “Uniwersytet Dominikański w Illinois”
- Ukrainian: “Домініканський університет”
- Urdu: “ڈومینیکن یونیورسٹی”
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