DePaul acceptance rate and admissions statistics
DePaul admitted 24,111 of 27,462 first-year applicants in its 2025-26 Common Data Set, an official acceptance rate of 87.8%. Every number below comes from the college’s own Common Data Set, each year linked to its document; a figure the college leaves blank says “Not published”, and the notes at the foot of the page say where a total is the sum of rows the college printed.
What did admitted applicants have? How to get into DePaul counts the grades, scores and activities they posted.
DePaul acceptance rate by year
| CDS year | Applied | Admitted | Acceptance rate | Enrolled | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 27,462 | 24,111 | 87.8% | 2,798 | 11.6% |
| 2024-25 | 31,266 | 23,729 | 75.9% | 2,566 | 10.8% |
| 2023-24 | 32,176 | 23,660 | 73.5% | 2,943 | 12.4% |
Acceptance rate is admitted divided by applied; yield is enrolled divided by admitted. Both are computed by Aristo Scholars from the two counts printed beside them.
Early decision at DePaul
Early decision counts: Not published. DePaul’s Common Data Set prints no early decision applicant or admit counts (section C21) for any year shown.
DePaul waitlist
DePaul SAT and ACT scores
What DePaul says matters in admission
In section C7 each college rates its own admission factors as Very Important, Important, Considered or Not Considered. These are the factors DePaul rated in the top two tiers.
- 2025-26
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA, Standardized test scores
- Important: Class rank, Recommendations, Extracurricular activities, Talent/ability, Character/personal qualities, Volunteer work, Work experience, Level of applicant's interest
- 2024-25
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA, Standardized test scores
- Important: Class rank, Recommendations, Extracurricular activities, Talent/ability, Character/personal qualities, Volunteer work, Work experience, Level of applicant's interest
- 2023-24
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA, Standardized test scores
- Important: Class rank, Recommendations, Extracurricular activities, Talent/ability, Character/personal qualities, Volunteer work, Work experience, Level of applicant's interest
DePaul testing policy for students applying in 2026-27
Test-optional: first-year applicants choose whether to submit ACT or SAT; applicants who apply test optional are reviewed without scores (separately from score submitters), and the optional Common App essay is encouraged.
From DePaul’s admissions site, read 2026-11-05. Policies change; the college’s page is the authority.
How these numbers were read
Links are to each year's Section C. DePaul has no early decision plan. C1 prints men and women rows with no total, so totals are their sums. The 2023-24 C9 leaves the ACT ranges blank.
DePaul acceptance rate questions
- What is the DePaul acceptance rate?
- DePaul's Common Data Set for 2025-26 reports 27,462 first-year applicants and 24,111 admitted, an acceptance rate of 87.8%. It was 75.9% in 2024-25 and 73.5% in 2023-24.
- What SAT scores do DePaul students have?
- In 2025-26, the middle half of enrolled first-year students who submitted the SAT scored 1150 to 1330, and ACT submitters scored 26 to 31. 30.0% of enrolled students submitted an SAT score.
- How many students get off the DePaul waitlist?
- In 2025-26, DePaul offered 658 applicants a place on the waitlist; 239 accepted one, and 148 were admitted from it.
- Does DePaul require the SAT or ACT for students applying in 2026-27?
- Test-optional: first-year applicants choose whether to submit ACT or SAT; applicants who apply test optional are reviewed without scores (separately from score submitters), and the optional Common App essay is encouraged.
Applying to DePaul?
An acceptance rate describes the whole pool, not one student. A Specialist can read your student’s file against what DePaul says it weighs.
Source: DePaul Common Data Set, sections C1, C2, C7, C9 and C21, each year linked above, read 2026-11-05. Aristo Scholars is not affiliated with DePaul. All official acceptance rates