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DePaul University has five campuses in and around Chicago and its two main locations, the Loop and Lincoln Park campuses, are downtown. Individual academic colleges such as the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences and the Driehaus College of Business are located exclusively on one campus. DePaul is also home to the School for New Learning which caters to adult students.

DePaul's Lincoln Park Campus is the oldest and the largest of the university's five campuses. Located on 14.6 ha in Chicago's historic Lincoln Park neighborhood this campus offers a traditional university environment. Approximately 2,500 students live on campus in DePaul's twelve residence halls. 

The Lincoln Park Campus is home to the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, The Theatre School, the School of Music, the College of Education, the College of Science and Health, and the John T. Richardson Library. 

Opened in 1992, the library features study and small-group spaces, an automated reference center, and a high-tech Resource Center for Career Development. The DePaul Art Museum is housed in a 15,000-square-foot building, and features a collection of over 3000 objects, including works by Chicago and regional artists, North American and Latin American photography, WPA-era prints, contemporary and traditional West African objects, and Eastern European graphic arts.

University housing is offered to all DePaul students. Freshmen and sophomores are permitted to live in residence halls or residence hall apartments. Juniors and seniors have a selection of university-owned lofts, townhouses and apartments. 

There is also a multi-college community residence hall for students of any age known as University Center where students from DePaul University live alongside peers from Roosevelt University, Robert Morris University and Columbia College.

Housing facilities include coed housing, apartments for single students, special housing for disabled students, theme housing.

No matter where a person is in the process of career search, whether it is deciding on a career path, making a career change or preparing for the first job interview, DePaul's Career Center can help. Students and alumni may get career advice, improve resume and interview skills, search for a job/internship and register for events and workshops here. Individual career advising is open for any DePaul student.

Total undergraduate costs for nine-month academic year, 2016–2017 are about $55,000 for a non-resident living on-campus. This sum includes tuition and fees - about $38,000 per year, books and supplies - $1,500, room and board - $12,500, personal and transportation costs - $3,000.

Founded by the Vincentians in 1898, the university takes its name from the 17th-century French priest Saint Vincent de Paul. Today DePaul University is the largest Catholic university in the U.S. and is among the nation’s top 15 largest private universities. It has 4 campuses in and around Chicago, IL; its two main campuses are centrally located in the city’s Lincoln Park and Loop neighborhoods. 

Of its more than 250 undergraduate majors and graduate programs, digital cinema, communications, and accounting are the most popular majors. Undergraduate education emphasizes the liberal arts and sciences as well as service learning through its nationally recognized community-based service learning programs.

DePaul students have the option to live in a multi-college community residence hall, known as University Center which also hosts students from Roosevelt University, Robert Morris University and Columbia College. 

Although traditionally Catholic, DePaul’s student body is highly diverse, with more than 350 student organizations and 29 fraternities and sororities on campus. The university promotes diversity in academic and student life by welcoming both full-time and part-time students who vary in age, background, ethnicity, and religious affiliation. 

DePaul University with 69.9% acceptance rate is mildly challenging to get in. 

Notable alumni of DePaul University include Jack Greenberg, former CEO, McDonald's Corporation; Martin Jahn, General Director, Volkswagen Group RUS; James M. Jenness, former CEO, Kellogg Company and many others.

U.S. News National University Rankings 2016 placed DePaul the 124th. Washington Monthly National Universities Rankings 2016 ranked it the 129th. 

The most popular majors by the number of registered students are general studies, accounting, public relations, advertising, communications, business/marketing, liberal arts, psychology, social sciences, computer and information sciences.

DePaul emphasizes a primary focus on pedagogy and has been recognized for excellence in experiential and service-based learning. Since 2004, US News & World Report has recognized DePaul as one of the top schools in the nation for service learning in which community-based volunteer work is utilized as an instructional strategy.