DePaul University

“Largest Catholic university in North America with campuses in Chicago's Lincoln Park and the Loop.”

DePaul University is the largest Catholic university in the United States and the largest private institution in the Midwest, founded in 1898 by the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians). With two main campuses in Chicago — the Lincoln Park campus on the city's leafy north side and the Loop campus in the heart of downtown — DePaul gives students a rare combination of a residential college experience and immediate access to one of America's most dynamic global cities. The Vincentian mission centers on dignity of the person, social justice, and access to education for first-generation and underrepresented students, and that ethos shapes everything from advising to community-engaged coursework. Academically, DePaul spans ten colleges and schools, with particular national recognition in the Driehaus College of Business (one of the country's oldest business schools), the Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media, The Theatre School, and the School of Music. The university is well known for blending classroom learning with Chicago-based internships at firms like Boeing, Morningstar, McDonald's, JPMorgan Chase, and the city's celebrated theater and creative-tech scene. Class sizes are kept relatively small for a school of its size, and faculty are practitioners as much as scholars. For international students, DePaul is a welcoming, globally connected campus with more than 1,100 international students from 100+ countries, dedicated International Student & Scholar Services advising, and a robust English Language Academy. The Global DePaul Scholarship offers merit awards of up to $32,000/year that international undergraduates are automatically considered for at the point of admission — making DePaul one of the more affordable private-university options in a major U.S. city.