Diversity
The Princeton Review often ranks DePaul high in the Diverse Student Population category of its annual survey of the best colleges and universities in the United States. The ranking is the result of data collected from more than 115,000 college students nationwide and is featured in the 2008 edition of "The Best 361 Colleges."
  • The Princeton Review regularly recognizes DePaul in the top 20 of its "Diverse Student Population" category and cited DePaul as No. 1 in 2006.

  • Again in 2009 DePaul was recognized for the students it graduates in Diverse Issues in Higher Education's survey of the 100 top minority degree-producing institutions. DePaul was ranked among the top 100 institutions granting bachelor's degrees to minority students in 42 categories, reaching the top 25 in 12 of them. DePaul also was among the top issuers of graduate degrees to African American, Latino and Asian American students.

  • U.S. News & World Report has ranked the College of Law several times for having one of the most diverse student bodies.

  • In keeping with DePaul's commitment to diversity and access to education, minority students (African-American, Asian, Latino/Hispanic, Native American and Pacific Islanders) accounted for 27 percent of the total enrollment in fall 2008. The university enrolled 1,979 (8 percent) African-American students; 1,790 (8 percent) Asian students; 2,477 (10 percent) Latino/Hispanic students; 171 multiracial students (0.7 percent);  61 (0.2 percent) Native Americans and 94 Pacific Islanders (0.3 percent).

  • Minority students accounted for 30 percent of overall undergraduate student enrollment in fall 2008 and 21 percent of graduate and professional enrollment. (The percentage not reporting race or ethnicity is 10 percent.)

  • DePaul welcomed 2,555 freshmen in fall 2008. Minority race/ethnicity breakout for the 2008 freshman class is as follows: 13 percent Latino/Hispanic, 8 percent Asian, 5 percent African-American, 0.8 percent Pacific Islander, 0.5 percent multiracial and 0.4 percent Native American. In fall 2008, 30 percent of first-generation freshmen were from families where neither parent has a college degree. Half of those students come from Chicago suburbs and 24 percent from the city of Chicago.

  • Women comprise 54 percent of DePaul's 2008 student body.

  • DePaul was recognized in 2006 as one of the 100 best campuses in the nation for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered students by "The Advocate College Guide for LGBT Students."


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