unitid 144740 · Chicago, IL · private nonprofit 4-year · city (large)
DePaul University
- enrollment 2023
- 24,535
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
76%
54th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
14,090
99th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
32%
undergrads on Pell grants
46th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
68%
finish within 150% time
70th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$63,052
77th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$30,902
after aid, aided students
83rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$68,751
after entry, Title IV students
82nd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$23,168
39th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $27,359 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k25%
- 30-48k14%
- 48-75k17%
- 75-110k15%
- 110k+30%
- Median family income
- $48,556
- First-generation students
- 30%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $45,999
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 3.0× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 489 | $145,735 | — |
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | 240 | $91,702 | $23,000 |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts. | 239 | $49,205 | $24,717 |
| Psychology, General. | 208 | $53,943 | $27,000 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 194 | $88,366 | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 164 | $70,634 | $26,333 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 155 | $92,255 | $24,500 |
| Law. | 154 | $98,094 | — |
| Marketing. | 153 | $78,633 | $25,000 |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication. | 147 | $68,064 | $24,500 |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 138 | $59,525 | $22,916 |
| Computer Programming. | 129 | $96,002 | $25,497 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.