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#56 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#59 Best Value Schools
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#90 Business Programs
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#56 Accounting
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#87 Best Colleges for Veterans
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#42 Most Innovative Schools
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#84 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#27 Service Learning
DePaul University is ranked #125 in National Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
48
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
82
Graduation and retention rank
127
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
72%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
85%
Social Mobility Rank
84
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
66%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
74%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
62%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
10
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
160
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
171
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
74.4%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
84%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
39.4%
Classes with 50 or more students
1%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
15:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
173
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
N/A
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
231
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
220
Average alumni giving rate
5.9%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
