Dominican University of California is a private Catholic university at 50 Acacia Avenue in San Rafael, in Marin County north of San Francisco. Its origins lie with the Dominican Sisters, who arrived in California in 1850 at the request of Archbishop Joseph Alemany, moved to Benicia in 1854, and settled in San Rafael in 1889. The sisters' congregation filed articles of incorporation in 1890 and founded Dominican College. A junior college opened in 1915, and in 1917 it became a four-year college, the first Catholic college in California to grant bachelor's degrees to women. It is now an independent, co-educational liberal arts university with undergraduate and graduate programmes, and sisters still serve on the faculty and board. It is accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission and introduced a test-optional policy in 2019, starting with the fall 2020 entering class.
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50 Acacia Ave, San Rafael, CA, California, United States
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