Student Population at DePaul University

2023 Student PopulationUndergraduateGraduate
20,91714,1346,783
For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 20,917 students have enrolled in DePaul University with 14,134 undergraduate and 6,783 graduate students.
By gender, 9,261 male and 11,656 female students are attending the school.
It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (10,434 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Research University (high research activity)).
4,119 students are enrolled exclusively, and 8,360 students are enrolled in some online courses.
You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.
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Student Population by Gender

DePaul University has a total of 20,917 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 14,134 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 6,783 students joined graduate programs.
By gender, 9,261 male and 11,656 female students (the male-female ratio is 44:56) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.
Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total20,91714,1346,783
Men9,2616,3252,936
Women11,6567,8093,847

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 9,659 White, 1,845 Black, and 2,288 Asian students out of a total of 20,917 are attending at DePaul University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American19811
Asian2,2881,0881,200
Black1,8457011,144
Hispanic4,1071,6712,436
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders1587
White9,6594,3085,351
Two or more races778326452
Race Unknown612240372
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American1138
Asian1,689844845
Black1,052419633
Hispanic3,2431,3691,874
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders725
White6,7693,0673,702
Two or more races612256356
Race Unknown319110209
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American853
Asian599244355
Black793282511
Hispanic864302562
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders862
White2,8901,2411,649
Two or more races1667096
Race Unknown293130163

Student Age Distribution

By age, DePaul has 71 students under 18 years old and 34 students over 65 years old. There are 14,614 students under 25 years old, and 6,302 students over 25 years old out of 20,917 total students.
In undergraduate programs, 71 students are younger than 18 and 10 students are older than 65. DePaul has 12,616 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,517 students aged 25 and over.
It has 1,998 graduate students aged under 25 and 4,785 students aged 25 and over.
Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18715120
18-195,1073,0952,012
20-215,3593,0032,356
22-244,0772,1831,894
25-293,1961,6711,525
30-341,380722658
35-39686354332
40-49664355309
50-64342201141
Over 65342113
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18715120
18-195,1073,0952,012
20-215,2692,9462,323
22-242,1691,0211,148
25-29758306452
30-34333153180
35-391597980
40-491739479
50-64845727
Over 651073
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At DePaul University, 4,119 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 8,360 students are enrolled in some online courses.
3,327 students lived in Illinois or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 792 students live in other State or outside of the United States.
Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students20,9174,1198,360
Undergraduate14,1341,6026,622
Graduate6,7832,5171,738
Online Student Population by Locality
Illinois ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students3,327658134
Undergraduate1,360139103
Graduate1,96751931

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 14,134 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,060 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 7.50%.922 students have transferred in as full-time status and 138 students transferred in as part-time status.
Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time11,963
Transfer-in Full-time922
Regular Part-time1,111
Transfer-in Part-time138
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