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DePaul University

Basic Information

Type Private
Location Chicago, IL
Population 7,500,000
Website http://www.depaul.edu/
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Demographics

Total Undergraduates 14,283
Men / Women 45% / 55%
White 42%
Hispanic 23%
Asian 12%
Black 11%
Mixed 4%
International 4%
Native American 0%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Business & Economics 32%
Humanities & Social Sciences 26%
Arts 19%
Engineering, Computing & Math 11%
Life & Natural Sciences 8%
Education 3%
Professional 1%

Financial

Tuition & Fees $45,999
Est. Cost of Attendance $63,052
10-Year ROI $161,000
ROI Percentile 61th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 86%
4-Year Graduation Rate 55%
6-Year Graduation Rate 68%
Transfer-Out Rate 18%

Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50th pctl)
Sunshine Hours 2,508 (33th pctl)
Days Without Precipitation 241 (38th pctl)
Muggyness Nice

Admissions

Acceptance Rate 67%
Yield (Unbound) 11%
Early Decision Nov 1
Early Action Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R2
Expenditure
Engineering, Computing & Math $1M #310
Humanities & Social Sciences $1M #322
Life & Natural Sciences $4M #340
Graduate Degrees
Humanities & Social Sciences 209 #119
Engineering, Computing & Math 1 #255
Life & Natural Sciences 36 #369

Honors College

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy test_optional
Submitted Test Scores 43%
SAT Range 1,140 – 1,330
ACT Range 25 – 31

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Communication 236 28% / 72% 2% $66,314
Journalism 31 +2 19% / 81% 0% $58,891
Mass Communication/Media Studies 87 +4 21% / 79% 2% $61,556
Organizational Communication 5 — 0% / 100% 0% $74,246
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication 70 +1 26% / 74% 4% $74,246
Speech Communication and Rhetoric 23 — 35% / 65% 0% $61,556
Sports Communication 20 +2 75% / 25% 0% $74,246
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Education 101 22% / 78% 0% $59,857
Exercise Science 10 — 60% / 40% 0% —
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching 3 — 67% / 33% 0% $62,547
Early Childhood Education 18 — 6% / 94% 0% $57,036
Elementary Education 23 — 13% / 87% 0% $57,036
English Education 16 — 0% / 100% 0% $62,547
History Teacher Education 7 — 57% / 43% 0% $62,547
Junior High/Middle School Education
Mathematics Teacher Education
Social Science Teacher Education 7 — 14% / 86% 0% $62,547
Spanish Language Teacher Education 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $62,547
Special Education 7 — 14% / 86% 0% —
Art Education 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $62,547
Music Education 7 +1 57% / 43% 0% $62,547
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences 413 32% / 68% 1% $58,691
Environmental Studies 18 — 22% / 78% 6% $54,304
Economics 5 +2 80% / 20% 0% $90,984
African American Studies
American Studies 5 +1 60% / 40% 0% $51,859
Anthropology 13 +1 54% / 46% 0% —
Criminology 54 +4 26% / 74% 2% —
English 46 — 22% / 78% 0% $59,604
French
Geography 6 +1 67% / 33% 0% —
German 2 +4 0% / 100% 0% —
History 25 +4 56% / 44% 4% $53,132
International Affairs 26 +1 27% / 73% 0% $68,160
Italian 1 +1 0% / 100% 0% $55,720
Japanese Studies 2 +1 50% / 50% 0% $51,859
Latin American Studies 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $51,859
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution 9 — 11% / 89% 0% —
Philosophy 20 +3 50% / 50% 0% $51,839
Political Science 92 +10 37% / 63% 0% $63,818
Public Policy 1 — 0% / 100% 0% —
Religion/Religious Studies 1 — 100% / 0% 0% —
Rhetoric and Composition 8 — 50% / 50% 0% $55,932
Sociology 24 — 21% / 79% 0% $58,677
Spanish 7 +6 0% / 100% 0% $55,720
Women's Studies 9 — 11% / 89% 0% —
Architectural History and Criticism 8 — 50% / 50% 0% —
Art/Art Studies 27 — 11% / 89% 0% $41,455
Fine and Studio Arts Management 3 — 67% / 33% 0% —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Science and Health 442 22% / 78% 1% $62,634
Astrophysics 1 — 100% / 0% 0% —
Mathematics 18 +1 44% / 56% 6% $93,883
Mathematics and Computer Science 4 — 50% / 50% 0% —
Physics 3 +1 67% / 33% 0% —
Biochemistry 3 — 0% / 100% 0% —
Biology 47 — 36% / 64% 0% $62,673
Chemistry 1 — 100% / 0% 0% —
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences 137 +2 16% / 84% 1% $69,433
Neuroscience 36 — 28% / 72% 0% —
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $89,259
Environmental Science and Policy 7 — 71% / 29% 0% $54,304
Psychology 183 +12 16% / 84% 1% $54,488
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Driehaus College of Business 954 56% / 44% 2% $91,474
Accounting 173 +3 58% / 42% 2% $97,130
Actuarial Science 9 — 44% / 56% 0% $73,993
Business Analytics 89 +4 58% / 42% 3% $73,993
Business Economics 19 +1 42% / 58% 0% $90,984
Business Management and Administration 151 +2 47% / 53% 1% $109,277
Business/Managerial Economics 34 +4 59% / 41% 9% $98,927
Entrepreneurship 7 — 57% / 43% 0% —
Finance 226 +20 68% / 32% 3% $92,628
Hospitality Management 10 — 30% / 70% 0% $51,920
Management Information Systems and Statistics 44 +8 66% / 34% 7% $95,368
Marketing 181 +4 43% / 57% 2% $79,427
Real Estate 11 +2 73% / 27% 0% $86,651
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media 740 65% / 35% 2% $78,398
Computer Programming 134 +2 85% / 15% 2% $111,941
Computer Programming, Specific Applications 2 — 100% / 0% 0% $111,941
Computer Science 1 — 100% / 0% 0% —
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications 22 — 91% / 9% 9% $97,233
Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration 10 — 50% / 50% 0% $103,332
Game Design 50 — 86% / 14% 0% $103,332
Game and Interactive Media Design
Information Science/Studies 18 — 83% / 17% 0% $107,434
Information Technology 45 — 73% / 27% 4% $88,982
Systems Engineering 1 — 0% / 100% 0% —
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design 15 +1 27% / 73% 0% $103,332
Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, and Special Effects 72 — 42% / 58% 1% $51,580
Communications Technologies/Technicians and Support Services 7 — 14% / 86% 0% —
Film Production 269 — 58% / 42% 2% $50,422
Graphic Design 44 — 34% / 66% 2% $61,686
Industrial Design 8 — 75% / 25% 0% $61,686
Cybersecurity 42 +1 83% / 17% 0% $137,469
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
School of Continuing and Professional Studies 35 43% / 57% 0% $86,884
Health Administration 8 — 38% / 62% 0% —
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies 1 — 0% / 100% 0% —
General Studies 26 — 46% / 54% 0% $86,884
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
School of Music 42 60% / 40% 0% $41,930
Jazz/Jazz Studies 6 +1 83% / 17% 0% $41,930
Music 3 — 67% / 33% 0% $41,930
Music 5 — 80% / 20% 0% $41,930
Music Management 8 — 25% / 75% 0% —
Music Performance 18 +1 56% / 44% 0% $41,930
Music Theory and Composition 2 — 100% / 0% 0% $41,930
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
The Theatre School 90 41% / 59% 0% $36,451
Acting 30 — 57% / 43% 0% $36,451
Comedy Writing and Performance 9 — 67% / 33% 0% $36,451
Playwriting and Screenwriting 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $36,451
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology 29 — 38% / 62% 0% $36,451
Theater 15 — 13% / 87% 0% $36,451
Theatre Literature, History and Criticism 5 — 0% / 100% 0% $36,451

Rankings

Engineering, Computing & Math

Pixels, Psychology, and Post-its Human-Computer Interaction
Portfolio Polishers

Humanities & Social Sciences

The "Why Are We Here?" Support Group Philosophy & Ethics
Late Night Debaters

Arts

Trapped in the Render Queue Digital Arts & Photography
Digital Innovators