DePaul University Teaching Programs

DePaul University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Chicago, Illinois. The location of DePaul is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

Where Is DePaul University?

Contact details for DePaul are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1 E Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60604
Phone:	312-362-8000
Website:	www.depaul.edu

How Do I Get Into DePaul?

You can apply to DePaul online at: https://www.depaul.edu/apply/Pages/default.aspx

Admission Requirements for DePaul

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into DePaul?

With an acceptance rate of 70%, DePaul may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 37% of accepted students are men and 63% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 67%, and the acceptance rate for women is 72%.

Average Test Scores

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.

DePaul received ACT scores from 19% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 24 and 33. Math scores were between 21 and 0. Composite scores were between 24 and 30.

Can I Afford DePaul University?

The overall average net price of DePaul is $43,014. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At DePaul, approximately 48% of students took out student loans averaging $6,716 a year. That adds up to $26,864 over four years for those students.

DePaul University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 14,294 undergraduate students at DePaul, with 12,950 being full-time and 1,344 being part-time.

There are also 7,376 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 12,950 full-time undergraduates at DePaul, 45% are male and 55% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of DePaul University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	1,559
Black or African American	876
Hispanic or Latino	2,808
White	6,455
International Students	386
Other Races/Ethnicities	866

Geographic Diversity

Illinois students aren't the only ones who study at DePaul University. At this time, 47 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 111 countries are represented at DePaul. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at DePaul University

In 2022-2023, 12,479 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at DePaul has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 15th most popular in Illinois for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

DePaul University Teaching Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Elementary Education	45	0	50	0	95
Other Student Counseling & Personnel Services	0	0	68	0	68
General Special Education	5	0	50	0	55
General Educational Leadership & Administration	0	0	28	26	54
Early Childhood Education	21	0	12	1	34
English & Language Arts Education	5	0	15	0	20
Mathematics Education	3	1	16	0	20
History Education	6	0	13	0	19
Social Science Teacher Education	5	0	14	0	19
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching	1	0	13	0	14
Social & Philosophical Foundations of Education	0	0	12	0	12
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	5	4	9
Art Education	4	0	4	0	8
Bilingual & Multilingual Education	0	0	7	0	7
Music Education	5	0	2	0	7
Reading Teacher Education	0	0	6	0	6
Physical Education Teaching & Coaching	5	0	0	0	5
Spanish Education	1	0	3	0	4
Other Education	0	0	3	0	3
Modern Language Education	1	0	2	0	3
Secondary Education	1	0	2	0	3
French Language Teacher Education	0	0	2	0	2
Physics Education	0	0	2	0	2
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	0	2	0	0	2
German Language Teacher Education	1	0	0	0	1
Science Education	0	0	1	0	1
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services	0	0	0	0	0
Biology Education	0	0	0	0	0
Chemistry Education	0	0	0	0	0
Other Teacher Education & Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	0	0	0	0	0
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Educational Methods	0	0	0	0	0
Teacher Education	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	109	3	330	31	473

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
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