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Rankings & Recognition

A top business school, a stellar reputation

DePaul University is well-respected in the business world—our graduates are sought out by recruiters nationwide.

Tier 1

The DePaul MBA was ranked Tier One in North America in CEO Magazine’s 2017 global business school rankings

Top 3

Our Part-Time MBA program was ranked No. 3 in Chicago in Bloomberg Businessweek’s 2015 “Best Business Schools” ranking

No. 20

DePaul’s undergraduate entrepreneurship program was ranked No. 20 nationally in The Princeton Review’s “Top 25 Undergrad & Grad Schools for Entrepreneurship Studies for 2018”

“DePaul has some of the best faculty in the country, an enormous alumni group and a well-recognized degree, so you can be confident when you graduate from the school that the degree actually means something.”

Michael (MS ’08)

Michael, DePaul Real Estate MS alum  

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Driehaus College of Business

3,687

Fall 2017 Enrollment

36,746

Alumni

20:1

Undergrad Student-to-Faculty Ratio

Kellstadt Graduate School of Business

2,190

Fall 2017 Enrollment

32

Degrees and Concentrations

30,882

Alumni

Excellence at the undergraduate and graduate levels

The Driehaus College of Business and Kellstadt Graduate School of Business are recognized as top business schools in both national and international rankings. View rankings by degree and/or program:

Doctorate in Business Administration

Named among the world’s premier DBAs in CEO Magazine’s 2018 global business school rankings​

Undergraduate Majors

Accountancy: No. 8 in TaxTalent’s 2017 Top in Tax Educational Survey (of employers), and listed among “Great Schools for 15 of the Most Popular Undergraduate Majors” by The Princeton Review (2011)

Finance: Listed among “Great Schools for 15 of the Most Popular Undergraduate Majors” by The Princeton Review (2011)​​

MBA

Ranked Tier One in North America in CEO Magazine’​s 2017 global business school rankings

MBA in Applied Economics: No. 37 in North America based on a global survey of business school deans (Eduniversal 2017)

MBA in Entrepreneurship: No. 22 in North America in The Princeton Review’s “Top 25 Undergrad & Grad Schools for Entrepreneurship Studies for 2018”

MBA in International Business: No. 36 in North America based on a global survey of business school deans (Eduniversal 2018)

MBA in Management and Information Systems: No. ​40 in North America based on a global survey of business school deans (Eduniversal 2018)​​

Part-time MBA

Ranked No. 3 in Chicago in Bloomberg Businessweek’s 2015 “Best Business Schools” ranking​​

Master of Science

MS in Audit and Advisory Services: No. 7 in TaxTalent’s 2017 Top in Tax Educational Survey (of employers)

MS in Human Resources: No. 31 human resources master's degree in North America based on a global survey of business school deans (Eduniversal 2017)

MS in Taxation: No. 3 in TaxTalent’s 2017 Top in Tax Educational Survey (of employers)​​

Further Distinctions for the Driehaus College of Business and Kellstadt Graduate School of Business

  • Kellstadt was ranked as an “Excellent Business School with Reinforcing International Influence” in 2018 among U.S. institutions based on a global survey of business school deans (Eduniversal 2018).
  • DePaul’s School of Hospitality Leadership is the most recognized such program in Illinois, according to a 2015 study by the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Education.
  • Kellstadt was ranked highly for its diversity of business graduates in 25 categories of the “Top 100 Degree Producers 2018,” Diverse Issues in Higher Education magazine’s annual national survey.
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