Which DePaul University bachelor's program has the lowest debt?

Hospitality Management graduates leave with a median of $16,375 in federal loans, the lowest among 42 DePaul University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does DePaul University cost?

Tuition and fees are $45,999 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $30,902 a year.

How many DePaul University programs report graduate pay?

44 bachelor's programs and one certificate program at DePaul University report first-year pay, and 43 of them also report federal debt.

DePaul University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Chicago, IL
14,090 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

44 DePaul University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Liberal Arts and General Studies pays the most in the first year ($84,066), and Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies the least ($18,029). The median program pays $37,460. DePaul University also has one certificate program that reports pay.

Tuition and fees$45,999Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$30,902Per year

Graduation rate68%Within 6 years

Admission rate76%Of applicants

All 44 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Illinois" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Illinois. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Illinois
1	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 119 graduates a year	$84,066	$86,015	$42,350	1st of 11
2	Information TechnologyAbout 52 graduates a year	$79,863	Not reported	$27,000	1st of 2
3	Computer ProgrammingAbout 129 graduates a year	$72,234	$96,002	$25,497	1st of 1
4	AccountingAbout 155 graduates a year	$69,250	$92,255	$24,500	4th of 28
5	Management Information SystemsAbout 46 graduates a year	$68,769	$94,414	$24,016	2nd of 4
6	FinanceAbout 240 graduates a year	$66,863	$91,702	$23,000	3rd of 21
7	Computer NetworkingAbout 19 graduates a year	$61,482	$96,261	$24,750	2nd of 3
8	Information ScienceAbout 18 graduates a year	$60,468	$87,587	$25,916	2nd of 4
9	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 44 graduates a year	$58,220	$88,092	$24,321	6th of 12
10	MathematicsAbout 21 graduates a year	$55,586	$92,944	$26,154	3rd of 7
11	Software and Media ApplicationsAbout 35 graduates a year	$54,859	$80,861	$23,249	1st of 2
12	Business EconomicsAbout 22 graduates a year	$53,682	$97,938	$21,666	3rd of 4
13	Real EstateAbout 25 graduates a year	$53,515	$85,784	Not reported	1st of 1
14	Management ScienceAbout 103 graduates a year	$51,522	$73,253	$24,500	5th of 13
15	MarketingAbout 153 graduates a year	$50,012	$78,633	$25,000	6th of 22
16	Business AdministrationAbout 164 graduates a year	$48,920	$70,634	$26,333	14th of 38
17	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 36 graduates a year	$44,068	$55,614	$26,910	14th of 21
18	Teacher EducationAbout 43 graduates a year	$43,326	$52,867	$27,000	26th of 38
19	Public Relations and AdvertisingAbout 147 graduates a year	$41,234	$68,064	$24,500	5th of 9
20	Area StudiesAbout 7 graduates a year	$40,248	$51,340	$24,500	1st of 2
21	Romance LanguagesAbout 13 graduates a year	$39,207	$55,163	$27,000	3rd of 10
22	Political ScienceAbout 99 graduates a year	$37,531	$63,180	$24,499	5th of 20
23	JournalismAbout 28 graduates a year	$37,388	$55,947	$24,334	4th of 8
24	EconomicsAbout 28 graduates a year	$37,151	$77,103	$22,433	14th of 15
25	HistoryAbout 31 graduates a year	$36,889	$52,601	$27,000	5th of 13
26	International RelationsAbout 31 graduates a year	$35,792	$55,741	$21,250	3rd of 4
27	Health SciencesAbout 129 graduates a year	$34,897	$68,739	$27,000	2nd of 5
28	Hospitality ManagementAbout 14 graduates a year	$34,722	$51,401	$16,375	3rd of 4
29	CommunicationsAbout 138 graduates a year	$34,453	$59,525	$22,916	15th of 26
30	PsychologyAbout 208 graduates a year	$33,820	$53,943	$27,000	8th of 35
31	SociologyAbout 27 graduates a year	$33,644	$58,090	$24,500	11th of 16
32	Peace and Conflict StudiesAbout 16 graduates a year	$32,523	Not reported	$26,055	1st of 1
33	BiologyAbout 39 graduates a year	$30,750	$62,046	$27,000	22nd of 27
34	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 79 graduates a year	$30,536	$61,069	$27,000	5th of 10
35	Architectural HistoryAbout 7 graduates a year	$30,189	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
36	EnglishAbout 51 graduates a year	$28,660	$54,266	$23,499	16th of 18
37	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 18 graduates a year	$27,291	$41,040	$26,999	6th of 15
38	Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 34 graduates a year	$26,381	$53,761	$24,750	8th of 8
39	Film and PhotographyAbout 239 graduates a year	$26,164	$49,205	$24,717	1st of 3
40	TheatreAbout 100 graduates a year	$22,021	$33,700	$26,348	6th of 14
41	Graphic CommunicationsAbout 58 graduates a year	$19,178	$50,382	$25,864	3rd of 3
42	MusicAbout 32 graduates a year	$19,155	$40,267	$23,334	12th of 13
43	AnthropologyAbout 10 graduates a year	$18,950	Not reported	$26,533	6th of 7
44	Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender StudiesAbout 12 graduates a year	$18,029	Not reported	$27,000	4th of 4

Program names link to the program's own page, and Illinois ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Illinois programs in the field do too.

One more bachelor's program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

One certificate program

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Illinois" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Illinois.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Illinois
GeographyGraduates a year not reported	$47,464	Not reported	$23,412	1st of 1

Quick picks: bachelor's programs

Highest first-year pay

Liberal Arts and General Studies$84,066
Information Technology$79,863
Computer Programming$72,234
Accounting$69,250
Management Information Systems$68,769

Lowest median debt

Hospitality Management$16,375
International Relations$21,250
Business Economics$21,666
Economics$22,433
Communications$22,916

Largest programs

FinanceAbout 240 graduates a year
Film and PhotographyAbout 239 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 208 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 164 graduates a year
AccountingAbout 155 graduates a year

Common questions

Liberal Arts and General Studies graduates earn a median of $84,066 in their first year, the most of 44 DePaul University bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Illinois rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels