DePaul University
DePaul University admitted 76% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1140–1330 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $27,108 a year. Within six years, 67% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 76%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1140–1330
- ACT middle 50%
- 25–31
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $62,681 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $27,108 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $27,093 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $47,676 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 67%
- Students who return for a second year
- 86%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $75,602 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $21,787
Students
- Undergraduates
- 14,090
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 38%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 17 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Business, management and marketing
- 29%
- Visual and performing arts
- 15%
- Computer and information sciences
- 11%
- Social sciences
- 9%
- Communication and journalism
- 8%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- California Lutheran University CA · 76% admitted
- University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus OK · 77% admitted
- Saint Mary's College IN · 76% admitted
- Eckerd College FL · 76% admitted
- Elmira College NY · 77% admitted
- University of Mary ND · 75% admitted
More colleges in Illinois
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL · 42% admitted
- University of Illinois Chicago IL · 77% admitted
- Illinois State University IL · 88% admitted
- Chamberlain University-Illinois IL · 83% admitted
- Loyola University Chicago IL · 82% admitted
- Northern Illinois University IL · 70% admitted
- Northwestern University IL · 7.7% admitted
- Southern Illinois University Edwardsville IL · 98% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.