About
Dongguk University (Korean: 동국대학교) is a private university in Jung District, Seoul, South Korea. It is one of the few Buddhist-affiliated universities in the world, and is a member of the International Association of Buddhist Universities. Dongguk University is best known for its Department of Film and Imaging Arts. It is home to the Chungmuro Visual Arts Research Center, the most advanced facility of its kind in South Korea and a historical birthplace of Korean cinema. The university also regularly hosts national film festivals, much like Hollywood in the United States.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 2 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 1 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data1 · 50.0%
- Failing1 · 50.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine
Programmatic accreditations · 3
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, students received in Pell grants, alongside $522K in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 71 borrowers who entered repayment, 0 (0.0%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at DULA
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
DULA vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions DULA selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
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SubjectDongguk University Los Angeles | — | — | 102 | — | — |
| — | — | 39 | — | — | |
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| — | — | 89 | — | — | |
| 80% | 45.9% | 286 | $21,873 | — | |
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| 40% | 85.7% | 239 | $26,463 | — | |
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| — | — | 166 | — | — | |
| Peer group median | 60% | 65.8% | 115 | $24,168 |
Institutions like DULA
Explore the federal data for institutions in DULA's comparison group.
- Florida
Academy for Five Element Acupuncture
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment39Net price—View data - California
Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment114Net price—View data - California
Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College-Berkeley
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment115Net price—View data - Minnesota
Adler Graduate School
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment275Net price—View data - Virginia
Appalachian College of Pharmacy
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment113Net price—View data - Florida
Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment89Net price—View data - Ohio
Aultman College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Grad rate80%Admit rate45.9%Enrollment286Net price$21,873View data - Illinois
Blessing Rieman College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment193Net price—View data - Massachusetts
Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Inc
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment169Net price—View data - Florida
Dragon Rises College of Oriental Medicine
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment71Net price—View data - Minnesota
Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment192Net price—View data - Illinois
Institute for Clinical Social Work
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment121Net price—View data - Colorado
Institute of Taoist Education and Acupuncture
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment32Net price—View data - North Carolina
Jung Tao School of Classical Chinese Medicine
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment69Net price—View data - Illinois
Lakeview College of Nursing
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment66Net price—View data - Utah
Midwives College of Utah
Grad rate40%Admit rate85.7%Enrollment239Net price$26,463View data - Oregon
Oregon College of Oriental Medicine
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment—Net price—View data - Illinois
Saint Anthony College of Nursing
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment263Net price—View data - Washington
Seattle Institute of East Asian Medicine
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment50Net price—View data - New Mexico
Southwestern College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment289Net price—View data - Illinois
St. John's College-Department of Nursing
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment132Net price—View data - Texas
The Chicago School at Dallas
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment219Net price—View data - California
The Chicago School at San Diego
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment112Net price—View data - Washington
The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment243Net price—View data - Illinois
Trinity College of Nursing & Health Sciences
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment65Net price—View data - Wisconsin
Wisconsin School of Professional Psychology
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment78Net price—View data - Pennsylvania
Won Institute of Graduate Studies
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment118Net price—View data - Nevada
Wongu University of Oriental Medicine
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment29Net price—View data - California
Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment166Net price—View data
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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