We're proud of the many accolades we've received. From our recent “Great College Town” #1 ranking by the Princeton Review, to the March 2008 U.S.News & World Report recognition of our College of Law's health law and intellectual property programs. But did you know that our School of Music was named one of the "Schools That Rock" in a recent Rolling Stone guidebook? Or that our College of Commerce was one of the first 10 business colleges in the United States?
DePaul University
DePaul is the eighth-largest private, not-for-profit university in the nation. Among the top 10 private, not-for-profit universities, all except DePaul are classified as "research extensive" universities, making DePaul the nation's largest university with a primary mission of teaching and service.
In August 2006, The Princeton Review, in its annual survey of the best colleges and universities in
the United States, ranked DePaul No. 1 in the nation in the "Diverse Student Population" category.
The ranking was the result of a survey of more than 115,000 college students nationwide at 361
top schools. It is featured in the 2007 edition of the Princeton Review's annual college guide, "The
Best 361 Colleges."
Our students ranked #1 in the "Happy Students" category for the second time in five
years, in 2003. The survey was conducted by the Princeton Review and included questions on 70 different
topics about academics, campus life and the student body.
In July 2008, DePaul was ranked No. 1 in the nation in the “Great College Town” category by the Princeton Review’s annual college rankings. The new ranking marks the sixth consecutive year the university has made the nation’s top 20 according to the survey, and DePaul was the only Midwest university among this year’s honorees in the category. Additionally, DePaul was ranked No. 10 in the nation in the “Diverse Student Population” category by the publication.
For the sixth consecutive year, DePaul's service learning
program was honored by U.S.News & World Report in its
“America’s Best Colleges 2009” edition of the nation's top 25 service
learning programs. The publication sought out "schools
with outstanding examples of academic programs that are
believed to lead to student success." DePaul was the only
Illinois university honored for service learning.
In March 2005, DePaul was recognized as one of the
country's best universities for fostering social responsibility
and public service in the national guidebook, "Colleges
with a Conscience: 81 Great Schools with Outstanding
Community Involvement." Published by the Princeton Review,
it notes the nation's top colleges and universities that
excel in developing socially engaged students. The authors
cited several programs and characteristics that made
DePaul stand out, including its Community-based Service
Learning program.
In 2005, DePaul's Community Mental Health Center
(CMHC) was honored with the American Psychological
Foundation's (APF) Harry V. McNeill Memorial Award for
Innovative Community Mental Health. The prestigious
award, given to one organization in the nation every two
years, supports innovation in community mental health and
encourages the participation of the local community.
Colleges & Careers Magazine listed DePaul in its 2003 publication as
one of the 20 "Cool Schools" in the country that students
should look into.
In June 2007, DePaul was presented with a College Partner Award
given by the Chicago Public Schools Office of High Schools and
Postsecondary Education & Student Development. The award was given in
recognition for outstanding support to Chicago Public Schools
Professional School Counselors.
DePaul was named for the second year in a row on the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction, presented by the Corporation for National and Community Service, in February 2008. This honor recognizes DePaul's leadership in helping to build a culture of service and civic engagement on campuses and in our nation.
Did you know that DePaul is one of the "Schools with the
Most Beautiful . . .
College of Commerce and Kellstadt Graduate School of Business
DePaul's graduate entrepreneur program was ranked
second and the undergraduate program placed seventh in the
Entrepreneur magazine/Princeton Review national rankings
of university entrepreneurship programs, which were
published in the October 2008 issue of Entrepreneur.
The Leo V. Ryan Center for Creativity and Innovation has
been named one of the top-10 university "entrepreneurial
hot spots" with "the most innovative programs for fledgling
business owners" by Fortune Small Business magazine in
its March 2006 issue.
DePaul University’s part-time Master of Business Administration (MBA) program has been ranked sixth in the nation by U.S.News & World Report in the magazine’s 2009 graduate degree rankings, issued in March 2008. DePaul’s career-focused MBA program for working professionals has earned a top-10 rating more than a dozen times in the magazine’s annual rankings.
DePaul's MBA program was rated among the top three in
Chicago's highly competitive business school market, according
to the first-ever ranking of local MBA programs by
Crain's Chicago Business in October 2006.
Did you know that The College of Commerce was the
first . . .
College of Law
In its March 2008 rankings of graduate programs in America,
U.S.News & World Report ranked the College of Law's
health law (placing 14th) and intellectual property (11th)
programs among the best in the country. Additionally, the
College of Law was ranked among the top 100 law schools
in the United States earning 88th place.
M. Cherif Bassiouni, a College of Law professor and president
of DePaul's International Human Rights Law Institute,
was nominated for a 1999 Nobel Peace Prize. The International
Scientific and Professional Advisory Council of the
United Nations said Bassiouni was the "single most driving
force behind the global decision to establish the International
Criminal Court."
Did you know that the College of Law was one of the first
law schools . . .
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
DePaul's Clinical Psychology program received the American
Psychological Association's Clinical Child and Adolescent
Psychology Award for the Outstanding Training Program
in 2006. The award specifically recognizes programs
with a demonstrated commitment to training in developmental
psychopathology and the creation, evaluation, and
practice of evidence-based treatments for psychopathology
in childhood and adolescence.
DePaul's community and clinical-community psychology programs were the first-ever recipient of the Award for Excellence in Education Programs, given by the Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA Division 27 of the American Psychological Association) in 2007. The award recognizes exemplary undergraduate and/or graduate program that have innovative structures, strategies, and curricula that promote development of the field of community psychology and community research and action.
Did you know that the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
(LA &S) is . . .
School for New Learning
Renowned for its innovative approach to teaching the adult
student, SNL has earned international acclaim as a leader
in the field of education for adults. SNL was named one
of six "Best Practice" institutions in North America by the
Chicago-based Council for Adult and Experiential Learning.
The Houston-based American Productivity and Quality
Center has touted SNL for its individualized education
of adult students.
Thanks to SNL, DePaul became one of only seven colleges
or universities worldwide to be granted Non-Governmental
Organization (NGO) status by the United Nations
Department of Public Information. NGO status allows
DePaul's representatives to attend UN conferences and
meetings designated for NGOs.
Did you know that the School for New Learning has a
Chronic Illness Initiative . . .
College of Computing and Digital Media
In 2005, DePaul's College of Computing and Digital Media (CDM) was one of six
universities nationwide - and the only university in the Midwest
-- selected by Sony Pictures Imageworks to participate
in the first-ever Imageworks Professional Academic
Excellence (IPAX) program. The goal of the program is to
educate faculty and structure curricula in an effort to develop
future artists, designers, animators and engineers who
will help the visual effects industry to grow.
At the 2006 International Collegiate Programming World
Finals, a team of DePaul computer science students finished
second among U.S. universities in the competition,
behind the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
and tied with Princeton University, Cal Tech, the University
of Maryland at College Park and Washington University,
St. Louis.
CDM is a recognized national leader in computer network
security and information assurance education, according
to a designation bestowed by the National Security Agency
and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. DePaul
was named as a National Center of Academic Excellence
in Information Assurance by the two agencies in early
2005.
Did you know that international students and faculty
members from our College of Computing and Digital Media . . .
School of Education
The School of Education was the first teacher education
program in Illinois to establish a clinical model in which
students work a minimum of 100 hours in schools prior to
graduation, a practice that continues today.
Did you know that School of Education offers a unique
program . . .
School of Music
The School of Music was named as one of the "Schools
That Rock" in the 2005 Rolling Stone guidebook that
evaluated collegiate music schools nationally. The book
praised opportunities for DePaul music students to gain
practical experience performing with Chicago professional
music ensembles and noted the school's performing arts
management and sound recording technology programs.
The School of Music is the first and only educational institution
to receive the Living Art of Music Award (LA MA) from
the Chicago Federation of Musicians. The award recognized
the school's commitment to and success in preparing
musicians for live performances.
Did you know that the School of Music presents more
than 300 . . .
The Theatre School
The New York Times' "Education Life" section has listed
DePaul's Theatre School among the top nine schools most
often mentioned by casting directors and theatrical agents
for the quality of the master's programs in acting.
In April 2006, The Theatre School was profiled in the new
national college guidebook, "Creative Colleges," which
researched universities from around the country and profiled
the top 200 with outstanding programs in art, drama,
dance, music and creative writing.
Did you know that The Theatre School was founded as . . .
Affinity and Minority Rankings
DePaul was recognized for the diversity of its graduates in
the July 2006 Diverse Issues in Higher Education rankings
of the 100 top minority degree-producing institutions. DePaul was ranked in 28 different categories, scoring among
the nation's top 25 in nine of them. The university scored
highest for graduating a significant number of minorities at
the master's level with computer and information sciences
degrees. The School of Computer Science, Telecommunications,
and Information Systems ranked in the top six in
the nation in four different categories, including the total
number of minority master's degree recipients (No. 3), total
Asian master's degree recipients (No. 3), total Hispanic/Latino master's degree recipients (No. 3) and total African-American master's degree recipients (No. 6).
U.S.News & World Report cited the College of Law for
having one of the most racially diverse student bodies
among the nation's 177 accredited law schools in the
magazine's 2003 annual graduate school rankings.
DePaul was ranked eighth among the top 100 institutions
of higher education to award master's degrees to Latino/Hispanic students, according to The Hispanic Outlook in
Higher Education magazine's May 2003 issue.
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