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DePaul acceptance rate

DePaul University · Chicago, Illinois · Private nonprofit · 14,090 undergraduates

75.9%
accepted, fall 2024
31,266
applications
23,729
offers of admission
2,566
enrolled (11% of those admitted)

Most admitted students go elsewhere. Only 11% of those offered a place enrolled in fall 2024 (2,566 of 23,729). DePaul takes a bigger share of its applicants than it did in 2014 (76% now, 70% then). Nova Southeastern University is the hardest to get into among the six schools closest to DePaul in size and selectivity (73%); Loyola University Chicago is the easiest (82%).

Acceptance rate since 2001

0%20%40%60%80%2001200320052007200920112013201520172019202120242001 73%2002 77%2003 73%2004 69%2005 69%2006 71%2007 70%2008 63%2009 64%2010 74%2011 64%2012 62%2013 60%2014 70%2015 72%2016 70%2017 72%2018 68%2019 68%2020 70%2021 69%2022 70%2023 74%2024 76%
Share of first-time, first-year applicants offered admission, by fall term.
Show the numbers by year
FallAppliedAdmittedRateEnrolled
202431,26623,72975.9%2,566
202332,17623,66073.5%2,943
202231,78522,30270.2%2,968
202132,07522,27469.4%2,838
202027,86919,57570.2%2,774
201926,89518,34868.2%2,627
201826,16917,67367.5%2,575
201721,61315,50671.7%2,542
201622,50215,69569.7%2,459
201519,62814,12972.0%2,519
201419,53313,64969.9%2,544
201319,95711,94859.9%2,425
201218,16011,31862.3%2,593
201116,71110,71464.1%2,458
201011,5968,60074.2%2,531
200912,9428,31364.2%2,555
200812,4687,90063.4%2,522
200710,4147,30870.2%2,537
20069,7796,96371.2%2,400
200510,0746,92968.8%2,317
200410,0746,92968.8%2,296
20039,4316,90773.2%2,261
20028,8936,89277.5%2,256
20018,0765,88072.8%1,943

Applications and offers

010k20k30k40k20012004200720102013201620192024AppliedAdmitted2001 Applied: 8k Admitted: 6k2002 Applied: 9k Admitted: 7k2003 Applied: 9k Admitted: 7k2004 Applied: 10k Admitted: 7k2005 Applied: 10k Admitted: 7k2006 Applied: 10k Admitted: 7k2007 Applied: 10k Admitted: 7k2008 Applied: 12k Admitted: 8k2009 Applied: 13k Admitted: 8k2010 Applied: 12k Admitted: 9k2011 Applied: 17k Admitted: 11k2012 Applied: 18k Admitted: 11k2013 Applied: 20k Admitted: 12k2014 Applied: 20k Admitted: 14k2015 Applied: 20k Admitted: 14k2016 Applied: 23k Admitted: 16k2017 Applied: 22k Admitted: 16k2018 Applied: 26k Admitted: 18k2019 Applied: 27k Admitted: 18k2020 Applied: 28k Admitted: 20k2021 Applied: 32k Admitted: 22k2022 Applied: 32k Admitted: 22k2023 Applied: 32k Admitted: 24k2024 Applied: 31k Admitted: 24k
First-year applications received and offers made, by fall term.

Acceptance rate for women and men

Fall 2024AppliedAdmittedRate
Women18,60814,43977.6%
Men12,6589,29073.4%

SAT, ACT and test policy

Test scores in admission
Considered if submitted (test-optional)
SAT reading and writing
580 to 670 (middle 50% of enrolled students)
SAT math
560 to 660
ACT composite
25 to 31

Colleges similar to DePaul

The six private nonprofit four-year colleges closest to DePaul in acceptance rate and undergraduate enrollment.

CollegeAcceptance rateUndergraduatesAvg net priceEarnings after 10 yrs
Pace University
New York, NY		76%7,665$30,721$77,411
Nova Southeastern University
Fort Lauderdale, FL		73%7,240$27,714$66,144
Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, MO		75%7,267$29,674$75,998
Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, IL		82%11,737$36,340$78,431
Drexel
Philadelphia, PA		79%13,233$37,529$92,338
Saint Leo University
Saint Leo, FL		78%6,721$24,658$53,366

Admissions counts are first-time, first-year applicants reported by DePaul to IPEDS for each fall term (2001 to 2024), read from the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Test score ranges and policy come from the College Scorecard. College Scorecard data updated November 2, 2026. How these figures are built · DePaul on College Scorecard