Rankings: A Story Embedded in Numbers

• Earned a ranking in The Princeton Review Guide to 322 Green Colleges for the third consecutive year (2012)
• Service learning program named among the nation's top-25 by U.S.News & World Report (2011)
• The largest Catholic university and ninth-largest private, not-for-profit university in the nation (2011)
• Named among the nation's top-20 in the “Great College Town” category by the Princeton Review (2010)​​​
• Listed in the "Great Schools for 15 of the Most Popular Undergraduate Majors" category for its accounting, finance and communication programs by the Princeton Review (2010)
• Ranked No. 10 in the “Diverse Student Population” category by the Princeton Review (2008)

  

• Ranked No. 40 in the nation by BusinessWeek in its undergraduate business program survey (2010)

• Undergraduate business program ranked No. 3 nationally for being a good value among private universities (2010)

• Graduate entrepreneur program ranked No. 12 in Entrepreneur magazine/the Princeton Review's rankings (2010)

• Undergraduate entrepreneur program placed No. 10 in Entrepreneur magazine/the Princeton Review's rankings (2010)

• The Driehaus College of Business has the largest sales education program in the country (2009)
  

• The DePaulia student newspaper won 11 awards from the Illinois College Press Association (IPCA), including second place for General Excellence for a Non-Daily Big-School Newspaper, and first place honors for column writing and sports page design (2012)
  

• Game development program students' popular game Devil's Tuning Fork chosen one of ten showcase winners in the Independent Games Festival's international competition (2010)
  
  

• Ranked No. 89 among U.S. law schools by U.S.News & World Report (2012)
  

• Recognized by The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education as one of the top law schools for Hispanics (2009)

• Ranked No. 12 by The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education for total enrollment of Hispanic law students (2009)

• Health law program and intellectual property program both ranked 13th by U.S.News & World Report (2009)

• The National Security Agency and STARTALK 2011 awarded grants totaling $200,000 to fund two of DePaul’s Chinese language programs.

• DePaul’s Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development, housed in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Science’s School of Public Service, has produced a number of studies that document a dramatic reversal of the long-declining intercity bus industry and the adverse impact of taxation on car sharing programs.
  
  

College of Science and Health

• The .S Green Building Council awarded the Monsignor Andrew J. McGowan Science Building a Gold Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certificate (2009)
• Community and clinical-community psychology programs named first-ever recipients of the Award for Excellence in Education Programs (2007)

• Named one of six "Best Practice" institutions in North America by the Chicago-based Council for Adult and Experiential Learning
  

• Ranked among the top-25 drama schools in the world by The Hollywood Reporter (2012)
  

• Listed among the top nine schools most often mentioned by casting directors and theatrical agents for the quality of the master's programs in acting by The New York Times' Education Life section (2008)
  

• The Princeton Review ranked DePaul 15th for "race/class interaction," and 11th for our locale in a "great college town." (2011)

• Diverse Issues in Higher Education noted DePaul in 40 separate undergraduate and graduate categories, including rankings amongst the top 10 colleges for awarding bachelor's degrees to minorities, ranking in the top five institutions for awarding master's degree to students of color, and ranking in the top-20 institutions with psychology programs awarding doctorate degrees to African-American students. (2011)

• Hispanic Outlook cited DePaul as one of the top 100 institutions awarding bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees to Hispanics based on 2010 graduation data.​ (2011)