by our College Data Analytics Team
In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
DePaul University was awarded 107 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general studies.
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DePaul landed the #135 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when DePaul held the #203 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
DePaul is also ranked #7 out of 85 schools in Illinois.
DePaul University has an acceptance rate of 70%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
About 43% of students accepted to DePaul submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 550 and 660. Math scores were between 520 and 640.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At DePaul University, this ratio is 17 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at DePaul University is 49%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.
DePaul University has a freshmen retention rate of 84%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At DePaul the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 58%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at DePaul University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 14,145 undergraduates at DePaul with 12,776 being full-time and 1,369 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $25,281 | $26,627 | $27,612 | $30,700 | $34,563 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of DePaul, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 50% of students took out student loans averaging $7,204 a year. That adds up to $28,816 over four years for those students.
Get more details about the location of DePaul University.
Contact details for DePaul are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1 E Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60604 |
| Phone: | 312-362-8000 |
| Website: | https://www.depaul.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 615 | $48,920 |
| Computer Programming | 277 | $72,234 |
| Accounting | 273 | $69,250 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 247 | $66,863 |
| Nursing | 234 | NA |
| Marketing | 223 | $50,012 |
| Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 198 | $26,164 |
| Public Relations & Advertising | 193 | $41,234 |
| Law | 186 | NA |
| General Psychology | 170 | $33,820 |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 12,479 students took at least one online class at DePaul University. This is a decrease from the 14,362 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 12,479 | 4,119 |
| 2021-2022 | 14,362 | 5,366 |
| 2020-2021 | 21,591 | 19,809 |
| 2018-2019 | 6,441 | 1,835 |
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Footnotes
*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.
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