Program areas at DePaul University
Instruction - fall enrollment for the 2022/23 academic year totaled 21,348, making Depaul the nation's largest catholic University for the twentieth consecutive year. The above total included 14,374 undergraduate students and 6,974 graduate and professional students. Of the University's total enrollment, for the 2022/23 academic year, approximately 44% were students of color and approximately 55% were women. The University offered nearly 300 comprehensive and innovative undergraduate and graduate programs during the 2022/23 academic year, along with a broad curriculum for adult continuing education.
Student services - this category consists of student related expenditures other than those related to instruction, include graduation and advertising expenses. Expenses related to offices that support the University's students, such as the University's enrollment management office, University ministry, career center, student affairs, financial aid office, registrar, and student life offices are also included in this category.
Student and other financial aid - this category includes expenditures for all forms of institutional aid and accounted for approximately 36% of total University expenses, making it second only to salaries and benefits as the largest expenditure category in terms of both percentage and dollars. Over $299 million of the total expenditures represented aid, which provided financial assistance to the University's students during the academic year. In addition, the above total also includes over $10 million in aid to University faculty and staff, including their spouses and dependents, in the form of employee tuition waivers, which are provided as part of a written benefits program available to all qualifying University employees.
Academic support - this category includes expenditures related to the provision of instructional support for the University's faculty and students, including University library services, dean's offices, and information technology.
Auxiliary services - this category includes expenditures related to areas which help to enrich student's overall college experience beyond academics. Expenditures include those related to University housing services, which provided housing for approximately 2,114 University students during the academic year. Expenditures also support the University's student centers, which provide a number of student services, including dining services and student life programs. Expenditures related to the University's bookstores are also included in this category, along with student recreation activities, such as the University's ray meyer recreation center.
Public service - this category includes expenditures related to programs that impact the public, including the University's community based service learning program, which provides students the opportunity to serve the community, while earning University credit. Also included in this category are expenses related to the University's center for urban education, community affairs and the art gallery.
Research - this category includes all expenses for activities specifically organized to produce research, whether commissioned by an agency external to the University or separately budgeted by an organizational unit within the University. The category includes expenses for individual and/or project research as well as that of institutes and research centers.