Enrollment figures for 2007 show both unprecedented admission demand among students, and a freshman class with the highest academic profile in DePaul's history.

This fall’s freshman class was 2,522 students – a decrease of less than 1 percent from last year – enrolled from a record 12,468 applications submitted. However, thanks in part to an increase in undergraduate transfer students, DePaul experienced a 1 percent overall increase in undergraduate enrollment, which climbed to an all-time high of 15,024. Total university enrollment climbed by 252 students to 23,401.

Academically, the freshman class demonstrated a composite mean score of 25 on the ACT and 1,153 on the SAT, as well as a mean high school GPA of 3.5. Additionally, the number of students who scored in the highest five percent of college admission exams nationally (an ACT score of 28 or higher) increased by approximately 14 percent over 2006.

True to its mission to provide access to education for students from a wide range of backgrounds, DePaul again enrolled a vibrantly diverse freshman class, with minority students making up approximately 27 percent of the class. Hispanic/Latino students make up 11.5 percent of the class. Asian and Pacific Islander students make up nearly 8 percent of the class, and African American students comprise 6.1 percent of the freshman class.

In a testament to the university’s rapidly rising national profile, DePaul enrolled a record number of out-of-state students this fall, who make up approximately 31 percent of the freshman class. “The 20 percent increase in freshman applications – well above this year’s average for Midwest private universities – affirms our higher visibility and growing national reputation,” said David Kalsbeek, senior vice president of Enrollment Management and Marketing at DePaul.