Enrollment: 25,398 - including 16,384 undergraduates; 7,983 graduate students and 1,031 law students
Founded: 1898, by the Congregation of the Mission (or Vincentian) religious community, which follows the teachings of 17th century French priest St. Vincent de Paul
Named for: St. Vincent de Paul (1581-1660)
Motto: "I will show you the way of wisdom" ("Viam sapientiae monstrabo tibi," Proverbs, IV, 11)
Academic Calendar: The quarter system
Schools and Colleges: Ten, including:
Average Student/Faculty Ratio: 17:1
Faculty (2010-2011): 938 full-time faculty members. About 88 percent of our faculty hold a Ph.D. or the highest degree in their fields.
Tuition (undergraduate, for 2011-2012): $30,000
Accreditation: DePaul has received both institutional and specialized accreditation by numerous associations and organizations.
Financial Aid (2009-2010): Approximately $255 million in financial aid grants, scholarships, loans and work study opportunities were awarded to nearly 70 percent of all students.
Budget (2010-2011): $529.2 million
Endowment (as of June 30, 2010): nearly $284 million
Student Profile: DePaul students come from all 50 states and nearly 100 countries. Approximately 67 percent of our current students hail from Illinois.
Faculty and Staff (2010-2011): 3,801 faculty and staff members, of which 2,547 were full-time and 1,254 were part-time employees. The university also employed 2,395 students.
Study Abroad: Last year, over 700 graduate and undergraduate students participated in
study-abroad programs in more than 40 locations as varied as Beijing, China; Istanbul, Turkey; Paris, France; Merida, Mexico; and Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Athletics: Member, the Big East Conference
University Colors: Blue and Red
Alumni: Nearly 140,000 worldwide, living in 55 countries. More than 85,000 live and work in the metropolitan Chicago area.
Notable Alumni:
Government
- Chicago mayors Richard M. Daley and the late Richard J. Daley
- Chicago Library Commissioner Mary Dempsey
- Cook County Board President John Stroger
Business
- former Kellogg Co. CEO James Jenness
- ComEd CEO Frank Clark
- Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. CEO Patrick J. Moore
- Driehaus Capital Management CEO Richard Driehaus
- Navistar International Corp. Chief Executive Daniel Ustian
The Arts
- actor John C. Reilly (THE '87)
- Pulitzer Prize-winning composer George Perle (MUS '38)
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Samuel Magad (MUS '55)
- Chicago Children's Choir Artistic Director Josephine Lee (MUS)
- actress Gillian Anderson (THE '90)
Law
- More than 250 judges throughout the Chicago metropolitan area are graduates of DePaul's College of Law