Type: Private
State: Ohio
Website: www.udayton.edu


Quick Overview:
Stundents are very friendly and overall happy with their courses, sports are a very popular choice of activity.


The word from: the Students

The university of Dayton is a medium sized school. At UD the community feeling is the most important and present thing in the daily academic and non-academic activities. From studying, to partying, praying and doing services, the fact that everyone gets along well and are so connected is a key element for the UD experience, so it's only natural that there are so many opportunities to build and be part of the community. Academic work is not taken lightly here, the same goes for services.
As long as you show determination and will to learn in your academic life, you will earn the deserved credits for that, teachers see to that. Among the best programs UD can offer some of special relevance can be accounted such as a great premed program and teacher education, and specific departments are also to be praised such as the engineering department and the business school. There are a lot of options even if the school is not very big.

When it comes to social life, students have some very particular traditions and ways to have fun, different from other universities and colleges. The family feeling and the student neighborhood that UD has, makes it so that certain activities are a must do such as porch sitting in sunny days, encoraging interaction with other students. Another aspect of this community-based student body is that whenever there is a party at someone's house the doors are always kept open to encourage people to come in. As for campus organizations, they keep others busy by organizing weekend events that go from trips to Chicago, movies, arts and crafts, football games, comedy nights, karaoke, among others. There's always something to do besides studying when it comes to the weekend. Being a catholic school, there is also the community service they provide to locals and others, aiding their surrounding inhabitants to the best of their abilities.

As for the students that compose the student body of UD, they're, the great majority, friendly, semireligious, welcoming and very open to accepting others. The love for the university's basketball and beer is evident in pretty much everyone as so is their the helpful nature. Even if complete strangers everyone greets one another with a friendly hi. An average look is the most predominant one around campus, so there isn't really a strict dress code among students. One downside might be, for non-catholic students, is that UD has quite some religious matters into its service type activities so it might turn some people off.