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DePaul tuition and net price

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

$47,676
tuition and fees, 2025-26
$62,681
full cost of attendance a year
$27,308
average net price after aid

Grants cut the bill sharply. The average student receiving aid paid $27,308, under half of the $62,681 cost of attendance. Families under $30,000 still paid $27,251 on average, 73% of what families above $110,000 paid ($37,424). Saint Leo University has the lowest average net price among the schools closest to DePaul in size and selectivity ($24,658), and Drexel the highest ($37,529).

Net price by family income

Income under $30,000: $27,251Income under $30,000$27,251Income $30,001 to $48,000: $21,638Income $30,001 to $48,000$21,638Income $48,001 to $75,000: $24,864Income $48,001 to $75,000$24,864Income $75,001 to $110,000: $26,128Income $75,001 to $110,000$26,128Income over $110,000: $37,424Income over $110,000$37,424
Average yearly price after grants and scholarships for first-time, full-time students receiving federal aid.

For an estimate based on your own family's finances, use DePaul's net price calculator.

Tuition and fees since 2014-15

$0k$20k$40k$60k2014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232025-262014-15 $35k2015-16 $36k2016-17 $38k2017-18 $39k2018-19 $40k2019-20 $41k2020-21 $41k2021-22 $42k2022-23 $43k2023-24 $44k2024-25 no data2025-26 $48k
Published full-time undergraduate tuition and required fees. No figure was published for 2024-25.
Show the numbers by year
Academic yearTuition and fees
2025-26$47,676
2023-24$44,174
2022-23$43,100
2021-22$42,012
2020-21$41,202
2019-20$41,202
2018-19$39,975
2017-18$39,010
2016-17$37,626
2015-16$36,361
2014-15$35,071

Cost of attendance and aid

Tuition and fees (2025-26)
$47,676
Room and board on campus
$19,896
Books and supplies
$1,104
Full cost of attendance
$62,681 a year (most recent year reported)
Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
38%
Undergraduates with a federal loan
46%
Median federal debt at graduation
$21,787

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

Tuition and fees for 2025-26, cost of attendance and net price come from the College Scorecard; earlier tuition years come from IPEDS via the Urban Institute. Net price is what first-time, full-time students receiving federal aid paid after grants and scholarships, and it lags the tuition year. College Scorecard data updated November 2, 2026. How these figures are built · DePaul on College Scorecard