DePauw University
DePauw University admitted 57% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1200–1410 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $19,916 a year. Within six years, 78% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 57%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1200–1410
- ACT middle 50%
- 28–32
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $77,800 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $19,916 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $13,331 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $61,430 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 78%
- Students who return for a second year
- 89%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $77,170 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $27,000
Students
- Undergraduates
- 1,905
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 20%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 10 to 1
- Campus setting
- Town
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Social sciences
- 16%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 15%
- Communication and journalism
- 13%
- Computer and information sciences
- 11%
- English language and literature
- 6%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Lake Forest College IL · 57% admitted
- The University of the South TN · 57% admitted
- Illinois Institute of Technology IL · 55% admitted
- Centre College KY · 54% admitted
- Texas A&M University-College Station TX · 57% admitted
- Moore College of Art and Design PA · 56% admitted
More colleges in Indiana
- Purdue University-Main Campus IN · 50% admitted
- Indiana University-Bloomington IN · 78% admitted
- Ball State University IN · 86% admitted
- Indiana University-Indianapolis IN · 76% admitted
- University of Notre Dame IN · 11% admitted
- Indiana State University IN · 81% admitted
- Purdue University Northwest IN · 72% admitted
- Purdue University Fort Wayne IN · 84% 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.