DePaul University Student Population and Demographics

DePaul Student Population

There are 21,210 students including 14,188 undergraduate and 7,022 graduate students at DePaul University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 18,630 full-time and 2,580 part-time students with gender distribution of 9,464 male and 11,746 female students.

DePaul University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 2,424 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

DePaul University has a total enrollment of 21,210 with a gender distribution of 44.62% male (9,464 students) and 55.38% female (11,746 students). There are 6,369 male and 7,819 female students in undergraduate school and 3,095 male and 3,927 female students are attending graduate school at DePaul University.

Student Population By Gender
DePaul University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	21,210	9,464	11,746
Undergraduate	14,188	6,369	7,819
Graduate	7,022	3,095	3,927
Full-time	18,630	8,286	10,344
Part-time	2,580	1,178	1,402

[Chart] DePaul University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

DePaul University has 18,630 full-time and 2,580 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 13,244 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 944 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 5,386 students are full-time and 1,636 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
DePaul University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	21,210	18,630	2,580
Undergraduate	14,188	13,244	944
Graduate	7,022	5,386	1,636
Men	9,464	8,286	1,178
Women	11,746	10,344	1,402

[Chart] DePaul University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At DePaul University, 2,424 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 9,056 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 21,210 students.

In undergraduate schools, 7,464 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 4,016 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
DePaul University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	21,210	14,188	7,022
Online Exclusively	2,424	927	1,497
In Some Online Classes	9,056	6,537	2,519
Not In Online Classes	9,730	6,724	3,006

[Chart] DePaul University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at DePaul University. There are 17 American Indian/Native American, 8,695 White, 1,879 Black/African American, 2,366 Asian, 4,321 Hispanic, 13 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 583 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
DePaul University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	21,210	9,464	11,746
American Indian/Native American	17	7	10
Asian	2,366	1,120	1,246
Black/African American	1,879	717	1,162
Hispanic	4,321	1,751	2,570
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	13	7	6
White	8,695	3,853	4,842
Two More	819	325	494
Race Un-Known	546	258	288

[Chart] DePaul UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at DePaul University.

Age Distribution
DePaul University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	21,210	14,188	7,022
Under 18	72	72	0
Age 18-19	4,732	4,732	0
Age 20-21	5,838	5,697	141
Age 22-24	4,613	2,341	2,272
Age 25-29	3,130	723	2,407
Age 30-34	1,226	261	965
Age 35-39	612	144	468
Age 40-49	639	148	491
Age 50-64	308	63	245
Over 64	39	7	32
Age Un-Known	1	0	1

[Chart] DePaul University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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