Acting at DePaul University

Every acting school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the acting program at DePaul University stacks up to those at other schools.

DePaul is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 21,922.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Acting section at the bottom of this page.

DePaul Acting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Acting
• Master’s Degree in Acting

DePaul Acting Rankings

The acting major at DePaul is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Acting. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Acting Student Demographics at DePaul

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the acting majors at DePaul University.

DePaul Acting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 47% of acting bachelor's degrees went to men and 53% went to women. The typical acting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at DePaul since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities in its acting bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from DePaul University with a bachelor's in acting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	15
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

DePaul Acting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of acting master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in acting each year. DePaul does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

Of the students who received a acting master's degree from DePaul, 57% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the acting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from DePaul University with a master's in acting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Directing & Theatrical Production
• Theatre Literature, History & Criticism
• Theater Arts
• Theater Design & Technology
• Playwriting & Screenwriting

Careers That Acting Grads May Go Into

A degree in acting can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for DePaul University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Just under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.