University of Dayton

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The University of Dayton blends strong engineering and business programs with a distinctive Catholic, Marianist commitment to community and service. Students rave about the "front porch culture," where neighbors gather on the iconic porches lining student neighborhood streets, creating an unusually tight-knit feel for a mid-sized university. Collaborative rather than cutthroat students thrive here—those who want to make a difference through hands-on research and community engagement. The campus's Research Institute is one of the nation's top ten university-run R&D centers.

AI-generated interpretation, separate from the federal statistics on this page · refreshed Mar 2026