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DePaul University Overview

Located in Chicago, Illinois, DePaul University is a private not-for-profit institution. The location of DePaul is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

What Is DePaul University Known For?

3,312 Undergraduate Awards
$43,014 Avg Cost After Aid
70% Acceptance Rate
  • The student loan default rate at DePaul is 5%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
  • Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at DePaul.
  • In 2017-2018, 47% of the faculty were full-time.
  • A student who earns a bachelor's degree from DePaul makes roughly $53,300 a year. This is 31% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
  • On average, it takes about 4.2 years for students from DePaul to earn a bachelor's degree. This is excellent when compared to the average of 4.4 years.

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DePaul University Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at DePaul.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#1 Best Graphic Communications Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#1 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#1 Best Value Graphic Communications Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#1 Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Graduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#2 Best Value Communications Technology/Support Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#13 Best Value Chemistry Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#17 Best Value Physical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#24 Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#25 Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#25 Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards DePaul has earned from around the web.

Rank Ranking Name Source
#1 Best Computer Game Programming Schools College Factual
#9 Best General Studies Schools College Factual
#17 Best Computer Programming Schools College Factual
#43 Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools College Factual
#43 Best Liberal Arts General Studies Schools College Factual
#120 Best Accounting Schools College Factual

Where Is DePaul University?

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Contact details for DePaul are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1 E Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60604
Phone: 312-362-8000
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/DePaulUniversity
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DePaulU

How Do I Get Into DePaul?

You can apply to DePaul online at: https://www.depaul.edu/apply/Pages/default.aspx

Admission Requirements for DePaul

Submission Required?
High School GPA required
High School Rank recommended
High School Transcript required
College Prep Program required
Recommendations required
SAT or ACT Scores recommended
TOEFL required

How Hard Is It To Get Into DePaul?

70% Acceptance Rate
61% Of Accepted Are Women
DePaul has an acceptance rate of 70%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 39% of accepted students are men and 61% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 69%, and the acceptance rate for women is 71%.

Can I Afford DePaul University?

$43,014 Net Price
54% Take Out Loans
4.5% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of DePaul is $43,014. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At DePaul, approximately 54% of students took out student loans averaging $7,482 a year. That adds up to $29,928 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at DePaul is 4.5%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

DePaul University Undergraduate Student Diversity

12,776 Full-Time Undergraduates
54% Women
45% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 14,145 undergraduate students at DePaul, with 12,776 being full-time and 1,369 being part-time.

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There are also 7,777 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 12,776 full-time undergraduates at DePaul, 46% are male and 54% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of DePaul University students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 1,495
Black or African American 913
Hispanic or Latino 2,646
White 6,563
International Students 328
Other Races/Ethnicities 831

Geographic Diversity

Illinois students aren't the only ones who study at DePaul University. At this time, 47 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 111 countries are represented at DePaul. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at DePaul University

19,809 Took All Classes Online
21,594 Took At Least One Class Online
237.0% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2019-2020, 21,594 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at DePaul has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 6th most popular in Illinois for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of DePaul

The following table shows how DePaul is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major Tuition for In-State Students Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Computer Programming #4 #4
Other Computer & Information Sciences #9 #9
Taxation #10 #10
Computer Systems Analysis #10 #10
Computer Software & Applications #13 #13
Medical Illustration & Informatics #49 #49
Management Information Systems #68 #68
Computer Science #70 #70
Information Science #71 #71
Information Technology #75 #75

Online Affordability Rankings of DePaul Rankings

The following table shows how DePaul is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are mostly online.

Major Tuition for In-State Students Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies #1 #1
Other Education #19 #19
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies #43 #43

Online Growth Rankings of DePaul

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at DePaul University was 237.0%. This is the #249 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at DePaul regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of DePaul majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major 1-Year Growth Rate
Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies 44%
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies 18%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at DePaul ranks compared to all other mostly online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at DePaul.

Major Growth Rate Rank
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies #1
Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies #1
Other Education #3
Education #103

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

DePaul University Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Basic Certificate Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Business Administration & Management 0 94 0 418 6 518
Accounting 0 245 0 154 0 399
Finance & Financial Management 0 283 0 0 0 283
Computer Programming 0 159 0 98 0 257
Nursing 0 3 0 207 31 241
Law 0 0 0 0 233 233
Public Relations & Advertising 0 189 0 38 0 227
Marketing 0 186 0 40 0 226
General Psychology 0 201 0 2 0 203
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 0 156 0 39 0 195
Communication & Media Studies 0 168 0 21 0 189
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 141 2 19 0 162
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 0 131 0 28 0 159
Health Sciences & Services 0 136 0 0 0 136
Computer Software & Applications 0 19 0 91 0 110
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 49 0 55 2 106
Political Science & Government 0 102 0 0 0 102
Information Science 0 15 0 82 0 97
Design & Applied Arts 0 85 0 8 0 93
Human Computer Interaction 0 0 0 92 0 92
Drama & Theater Arts 0 64 0 26 0 90
Information Technology 0 26 0 62 0 88
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 28 0 59 0 87
Applied Mathematics 0 0 0 77 0 77
Music 0 26 8 40 0 74
Graphic Communications 0 43 0 30 0 73
Student Counseling 0 0 0 72 0 72
Human Resource Management 0 0 0 71 0 71
General English Literature 0 58 0 11 0 69
General Biology 0 51 0 12 0 63
Journalism 0 42 0 20 0 62
Computer Information Systems 0 58 0 1 0 59
Economics 0 29 0 29 0 58
Taxation 0 0 0 56 0 56
Sociology 0 41 0 11 0 52
International Relations & National Security 0 27 0 23 0 50
Legal Research 0 0 0 49 0 49
Real Estate 0 16 0 31 0 47
Special Education 0 11 0 33 0 44
Educational Administration 0 0 0 31 12 43
Computer Systems Networking 0 32 0 10 0 42
Public Administration 0 0 0 42 0 42
Writing Studies 0 9 0 32 0 41
Management Information Systems 0 39 0 0 0 39
Hospitality Management 0 25 0 9 0 34
Business/Managerial Economics 0 33 0 0 0 33
Natural Resources Conservation 0 30 0 2 0 32
Mathematics 0 21 0 7 0 28
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 0 27 0 0 0 27
Public Policy 0 5 0 22 0 27
History 0 20 0 5 0 25
Fine & Studio Arts 0 25 0 0 0 25
Applied Statistics 0 0 0 23 0 23
Philosophy 0 17 0 0 6 23
Curriculum & Instruction 0 0 0 7 14 21
Public Health 0 0 0 21 0 21
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 0 0 10 9 19
Computer Engineering 0 0 0 17 0 17
Anthropology 0 17 0 0 0 17
Geography & Cartography 1 14 2 0 0 17
Data Analytics 0 0 0 16 0 16
Sustainability Science 0 0 0 16 0 16
Architectural History 0 15 0 0 0 15
Social Work 0 0 0 15 0 15
Ethnic Studies 0 11 0 3 0 14
Arts & Media Management 0 9 0 4 0 13
Medical Illustration & Informatics 0 0 0 12 0 12
Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution 0 12 0 0 0 12
Chemistry 0 6 0 6 0 12
Area Studies 0 11 0 0 0 11
Romance Languages 0 9 0 2 0 11
Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies 0 0 0 9 0 9
Physics 0 6 0 3 0 9
Entrepreneurial Studies 0 0 0 8 0 8
Multilingual Education 0 0 0 8 0 8
Health & Physical Education 0 8 0 0 0 8
Other Computer & Information Sciences 0 0 0 6 0 6
Mathematics & Computer Science 0 6 0 0 0 6
Criminology 0 6 0 0 0 6
Education Philosophy 0 0 0 5 0 5
Other Education 0 0 0 5 0 5
Other Communication Technology 0 4 0 0 0 4
Child Development & Psychology 0 0 0 2 2 4
Germanic Languages 0 3 0 0 0 3
Data Science 0 3 0 0 0 3
Multicultural & Diversity Studies 0 0 0 3 0 3
Religious Studies 0 3 0 0 0 3
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 2 0 0 0 2
Computer Science 0 0 0 0 2 2
Systems Engineering 0 1 0 0 0 1
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages 0 0 0 1 0 1
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0 0 0 1 0 1
Community Organization & Advocacy 0 0 1 0 0 1
General Business/Commerce 0 0 0 0 0 0
International Business 0 0 0 0 0 0
General Sales & Marketing 0 0 0 0 0 0
Computer Systems Analysis 0 0 0 0 0 0
Teaching English or French 0 0 0 0 0 0
East Asian Languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Health Professions 0 0 0 0 0 0
Statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0
General Social Sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0
Urban Studies 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 1 3,311 13 2,468 317 6,110

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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