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Rankings

Rankings and accolades can’t tell our whole story, but they do point to important aspects of who we are and what makes us unique.

Named one of the Best Midwestern Colleges in the U.S.

The Princeton Review (2025)

Ranked one of the

Best College Locations
in America

Niche (2025)

Among the nation’s

Top Performers on
Social Mobility

U.S. News & World Report (2025)

Ranked one of the

Best Colleges in the U.S.

Wall Street Journal (2025)

Named one of the nation’s

Best Value Colleges

U.S. News & World Report (2025)

Diversity

Higher Education Excellence in Diversity award

INSIGHT into Diversity Magazine (2024)

Technology

Named a top graphic design school

Graphic Design USA (2024)

Among the best colleges for Information Technology in America

Niche (2025)

#5 Game Design MFA program in the nation

Animation Career Review (2021)

#34 undergraduate school for Game Design

The Princeton Review (2024)

#23 graduate school for Game Design

The Princeton Review (2024)

Business

#10 Best Master’s in Entrepreneurship

College Rank (2024)

#15 MBA Entrepreneurship program in the nation

The Princeton Review (2025)

#12 undergraduate Entrepreneurship program in the nation

The Princeton Review (2025)

#44 part-time MBA program

The Princeton Review (2019)

#41 graduate school for Accounting

The Princeton Review (2019)

Arts

#11 film school in the nation

The Hollywood Reporter (2024)

Among the country’s best colleges for film and photography

Niche (2025)

#21 graduate acting MFA program in the nation

The Hollywood Reporter (2019)

Communication

33 Illinois College Press Association Awards

The DePaulia student newspaper (2023)

4 Intercollegiate Broadcasting System Awards

Radio DePaul (2022)

Outstanding Chapter Award

Public Relations Student Society of America (2023)

Outstanding PR Education Program

PRWeek Awards (2022)