DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois · Private, nonprofit

Of 86 assessed programs, 85 leave graduates out-earning a typical Illinois high-school graduate (about $36,082/yr) and 1 fall short. Another 117 could not be assessed.

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Family income	Net price per year
Under $30k	$27,359
$30k to $48k	$25,950
$48k to $75k	$28,687
$75k to $110k	$31,057
$110k and up	$37,092
All families (average)	$30,902

Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, by family income (College Scorecard). It reflects students who received federal aid.

Program earnings vs a high-school graduate

Earnings are measured four years after completion when available. Where four-year earnings are suppressed, one-year earnings are shown and marked 1-year earnings. One-year and four-year figures reflect different career stages and should not be compared as if measured at the same time.

86 of 203 programs could be assessed 42% have an earnings verdict

Programs by earnings versus a typical Illinois high-school graduate.
Program	Degree	Median earnings	vs a high-school grad	Verdict	Median debt	Years to repay	Recent completers
Business Administration	Master's Degree	$144,859	+$108,777	clears the bar	$52,402	0.5 yrs	448
Finance	Bachelor's Degree	$93,719	+$57,637	clears the bar	$22,000	0.4 yrs	247
Nursing	Master's Degree	$91,098	+$55,016	clears the bar	$101,373	1.8 yrs	197
Law	First Professional Degree	$107,264	+$71,182	clears the bar	$131,463	1.8 yrs	186
Marketing	Bachelor's Degree	$78,164	+$42,082	clears the bar	$23,000	0.5 yrs	177
Film and Photography	Bachelor's Degree	$46,969	+$10,887	clears the bar	$24,000	2.2 yrs	176
Accounting	Bachelor's Degree	$93,592	+$57,510	clears the bar	$24,000	0.4 yrs	172
Public Relations and Advertising	Bachelor's Degree	$71,045	+$34,963	clears the bar	$22,332	0.6 yrs	168
Psychology	Bachelor's Degree	$55,664	+$19,582	clears the bar	$24,750	1.3 yrs	166
Business Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$74,847	+$38,765	clears the bar	$23,051	0.6 yrs	154
Computer Programming	Master's Degree	$158,509	+$122,427	clears the bar	$61,500	0.5 yrs	139
Computer Programming	Bachelor's Degree	$101,315	+$65,233	clears the bar	$24,500	0.4 yrs	138
Political Science	Bachelor's Degree	$58,163	+$22,081	clears the bar	$22,449	1.0 yrs	126
Computer Software and Media Applications	Master's Degree	$158,667	+$122,585	clears the bar	$47,832	0.4 yrs	123
Communications and Media	Bachelor's Degree	$56,014	+$19,932	clears the bar	$20,834	1.0 yrs	122
Management Science	Bachelor's Degree	$76,420	+$40,338	clears the bar	$22,859	0.6 yrs	103
Health Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	$62,693	+$26,611	clears the bar	$26,500	1.0 yrs	101
Accounting	Master's Degree	$100,161	+$64,079	clears the bar	$45,916	0.7 yrs	101
Design	Bachelor's Degree	$55,213	+$19,131	clears the bar	$27,000	1.4 yrs	97
Human Computer Interaction	Master's Degree	$118,027	+$81,945	clears the bar	$57,686	0.7 yrs	81
Teacher Education (by subject)	Master's Degree	$66,235	+$30,153	clears the bar	$41,000	1.4 yrs	80
Teacher Education (by level)	Master's Degree	$63,616	+$27,534	clears the bar	$44,784	1.6 yrs	77
Human Resources	Master's Degree	$99,840	+$63,758	clears the bar	$48,496	0.8 yrs	73
Theatre	Bachelor's Degree	$44,095	+$8,013	clears the bar	$26,348	3.3 yrs	70
School Counseling	Master's Degree	$67,412	+$31,330	clears the bar	$67,557	2.2 yrs	68
Teacher Education (by level)	Bachelor's Degree	$54,208	+$18,126	clears the bar	$27,000	1.5 yrs	68
Information Science	Master's Degree	$121,391	+$85,309	clears the bar	$54,516	0.6 yrs	67
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$86,444	+$50,362	clears the bar	$37,499	0.7 yrs	67
IT Administration and Management	Master's Degree	$124,777	+$88,695	clears the bar	$55,664	0.6 yrs	60
Graphic Communications	Bachelor's Degree	$45,028	+$8,946	clears the bar	$25,000	2.8 yrs	52
Special Education	Master's Degree	$77,204	+$41,122	clears the bar	$27,333	0.7 yrs	50
English	Bachelor's Degree	$52,608	+$16,526	clears the bar	$22,956	1.4 yrs	50
Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$61,216	+$25,134	clears the bar	$26,600	1.1 yrs	46
Marketing	Master's Degree	$105,355	+$69,273	clears the bar	$58,541	0.8 yrs	46
IT Administration and Management	Bachelor's Degree	$113,645	+$77,563	clears the bar	$25,000	0.3 yrs	45
Business/Managerial Economics	Bachelor's Degree	$93,563	+$57,481	clears the bar	$20,670	0.4 yrs	45
Applied Mathematics	Master's Degree	$101,965	+$65,883	clears the bar	$37,197	0.6 yrs	44
Sociology	Bachelor's Degree	$52,791	+$16,709	clears the bar	$23,166	1.4 yrs	42
Management Information Systems	Bachelor's Degree	$94,197	+$58,115	clears the bar	$21,500	0.4 yrs	42
Theatre	Master's Degree	$51,971	+$15,889	clears the bar	$87,842	5.5 yrs	41
Music	Bachelor's Degree	$44,756	+$8,674	clears the bar	$22,379	2.6 yrs	39
Computer and Information Science	Bachelor's Degree	$84,554	+$48,472	clears the bar	$21,666	0.4 yrs	38
Music	Master's Degree	$38,670	+$2,588	clears the bar	$41,000	15.8 yrs	37
Teacher Education (by subject)	Bachelor's Degree	$57,957	+$21,875	clears the bar	$25,500	1.2 yrs	36
Public Administration	Master's Degree	$86,093	+$50,011	clears the bar	$46,243	0.9 yrs	35
Journalism	Bachelor's Degree	$61,708	+$25,626	clears the bar	$21,666	0.8 yrs	34
Graphic Communications	Master's Degree	$58,803	+$22,721	clears the bar	$53,300	2.3 yrs	34
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	Master's Degree	$59,820	+$23,738	clears the bar	$34,166	1.4 yrs	33
Public Health	Master's Degree	$64,207	+$28,125	clears the bar	$46,944	1.7 yrs	33
Natural Resources and Conservation	Bachelor's Degree	$52,622	+$16,540	clears the bar	$24,500	1.5 yrs	31
Computer Engineering	Master's Degree	$134,449	+$98,367	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	31
Computer Software and Media Applications	Bachelor's Degree	$96,616	+$60,534	clears the bar	$24,999	0.4 yrs	30
Management Science	Master's Degree	$73,882 1-year earnings	+$37,800	clears the bar	$41,000	1.1 yrs	30
Taxation	Master's Degree	$129,565	+$93,483	clears the bar	$47,833	0.5 yrs	30
Educational Administration	Master's Degree	$84,568	+$48,486	clears the bar	$47,092	1.0 yrs	28
Social Work	Master's Degree	$60,329	+$24,247	clears the bar	$69,147	2.9 yrs	27
Information Science	Bachelor's Degree	$82,551	+$46,469	clears the bar	$24,000	0.5 yrs	26
Public Relations and Advertising	Master's Degree	$83,583	+$47,501	clears the bar	$34,969	0.7 yrs	25
International Relations	Master's Degree	$75,622	+$39,540	clears the bar	$40,198	1.0 yrs	25
History	Bachelor's Degree	$48,857	+$12,775	clears the bar	$27,000	2.1 yrs	25
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Master's Degree	$74,702	+$38,620	clears the bar	$74,928	1.9 yrs	23
Film and Photography	Master's Degree	$46,553	+$10,471	clears the bar	$72,729	6.9 yrs	22
Journalism	Master's Degree	$51,338	+$15,256	clears the bar	$44,065	2.9 yrs	21
International Relations	Bachelor's Degree	$68,180	+$32,098	clears the bar	$20,094	0.6 yrs	21
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	Bachelor's Degree	$91,007	+$54,925	clears the bar	$22,166	0.4 yrs	19
Sustainability Studies	Master's Degree	$81,457	+$45,375	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Economics	Master's Degree	$117,154	+$81,072	clears the bar	$25,705	0.3 yrs	19
Mathematics	Bachelor's Degree	$89,908	+$53,826	clears the bar	$24,846	0.5 yrs	17
Public Policy Analysis	Master's Degree	$52,749 1-year earnings	+$16,667	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Hospitality Management	Bachelor's Degree	$71,556	+$35,474	clears the bar	$16,500	0.5 yrs	17
Counseling Psychology	Doctoral Degree	$116,242	+$80,160	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Anthropology	Bachelor's Degree	$50,780	+$14,698	clears the bar	$24,707	1.7 yrs	12
Real Estate	Bachelor's Degree	$53,515 1-year earnings	+$17,433	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$59,016	+$22,934	clears the bar	$27,000	1.2 yrs	11
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution	Bachelor's Degree	$53,498	+$17,416	clears the bar	$24,500	1.4 yrs	11
Area Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$49,872	+$13,790	clears the bar	$24,500	1.8 yrs	10
Communications and Media	Master's Degree	$68,404	+$32,322	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Economics	Bachelor's Degree	$100,185	+$64,103	clears the bar	$20,000	0.3 yrs	10
Fine Arts	Bachelor's Degree	$37,085	+$1,003	clears the bar	$26,175	26.1 yrs	9
Real Estate	Master's Degree	$152,694	+$116,612	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education	Master's Degree	$75,891	+$39,809	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Architectural History, Criticism, and Conservation	Bachelor's Degree	$30,189 1-year earnings	-$5,893	falls short	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	$50,460	+$14,378	clears the bar	$27,000	1.9 yrs	3
Statistics	Master's Degree	$87,313 1-year earnings	+$51,231	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Geography and Cartography	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$76,354	+$40,272	clears the bar	$23,412	0.6 yrs	0
Nursing	Doctoral Degree	$187,364	+$151,282	clears the bar	$98,328	0.6 yrs	insufficient data
Data Analytics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	90
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	49
Neuroscience	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	$24,999	insufficient data	33
Criminology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	30
Nursing	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	30
Educational Administration	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	26
Counseling Psychology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	20
Philosophy	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Applied Statistics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Design	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Business Administration	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Hospitality Management	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Philosophy	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Medical Illustration and Informatics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Philosophy	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Chemistry	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Geography and Cartography	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Music	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Mathematics and Computer Science	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology, Other	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Sociology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Natural Resources and Conservation	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Communications Technologies/Technicians and Support Services, Other	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
History	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Curriculum and Instruction	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Special Education	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Biology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Mathematics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Physics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Nursing	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Computer Science	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Curriculum and Instruction	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
English	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Interdisciplinary Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Chemistry	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Psychology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Education, Other	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Physics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Research Psychology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Public Policy Analysis	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Systems Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Community Organization and Advocacy	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Geography and Cartography	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Healthcare Administration	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Nursing	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Computer and Information Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
IT Administration and Management	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Teacher Education (by level)	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Teacher Education (by subject)	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians measured four years after completion where available (programs shown with a 1-year figure are marked), compared with the state high-school-graduate benchmark ($36,082/yr). Debt is federal loans only. Suppressed values are shown as insufficient data, never imputed. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise.