DePaul University Student Population

How many students at DePaul?

For the academic year 2024-2025, DePaul University has a total enrollment of 21,210 students, including 14,188 undergraduate and 7,022 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 9,464 male students (44.6%) and 11,746 female students (55.4%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 8,695 White students (41%) and 4,321 Hispanic students (20.4%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 14,188 undergraduate students (66.9%) and 7,022 graduate students (33.1%).
• Class Delivery: 2,424 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 9,056 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar private (not-for-profit) Research University (high research activity) - which average 10,607 - DePaul's body is significantly larger.

Explore complete student demographics below, including gender ratio, race and ethnicity, age distribution, and distance learning statistics.

Enrollment by Gender and Class Level

By gender, 9,464 male (44.62%) and 11,746 female (55.38%) students are attending DePaul University. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 80.57.

By class level, 14,188 (66.89%) are undergraduate students and 7,022 (33.11%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 44.89% are male and 55.11% are female, while among graduate students, 44.08% are male and 55.92% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 8,695 White, 1,879 Black, and 2,366 Asian students out of a total of 21,210 are attending at DePaul University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

DePaul University is quite diverse with a diversity index of 76.8% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, DePaul has 72 students under 18 years old and 39 students over 65 years old. There are 15,255 students under 25 years old, and 5,954 students over 25 years old out of 21,210 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 72 students are younger than 18 and 7 students are older than 65. DePaul has 12,842 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,346 students aged 25 and over.

It has 2,413 graduate students aged under 25 and 4,608 students aged 25 and over.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At DePaul University, 2,424 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 9,056 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,996 students who live in Illinois or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 428 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 14,188 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,048 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 7.39%.954 students have transferred in as full-time status and 94 students transferred in as part-time status.