As the nation’s students begin heading back to class, a number of annual college rankings and surveys have been released that reflect the strong national reputation of DePaul University.

Among these is U.S.News & World Report, which ranked DePaul first tier of national colleges and universities surveyed.  For the seventh year, U.S.News also recognized DePaul as one of the top schools in the nation for service learning in which community-based volunteer work is utilized as an instructional strategy.

The exclusive rankings, which are based on categories created by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and evaluated more than 1,400 schools across the country, are available at www.usnews.com/colleges, and will also be published in the September issue of U.S.News & World Report, on newsstands starting Aug. 31.

Other academic rankings and reviews citing DePaul this summer include:

• The 2011 edition of the Princeton Review’s “Best 373 Colleges,” which recognized DePaul in three categories of “Great Schools for 15 of the Most Popular Undergraduate Majors” – accounting, finance and communication. Princeton Review also recognized DePaul as one of the top 20 “Great College Towns,” the only Illinois college or university receiving that distinction.
  
• Diverse Issues in Higher Education, which recognized DePaul for its diversity, citing it on five of its nine lists this year for the top 100 institutions that confer degrees to minority students. DePaul was among the top institutions for master’s degrees received by African-American, Asian-American, Native-American and Latino students. It also was among the top 50 schools for conferring law degrees for all minority student groups combined.
  
• The 2011 Fiske Guide to Colleges, which noted that “DePaul gets the nod … as the best Roman Catholic university in Chicago. DePaul’s Lincoln Park campus is like a Midwestern version of New York’s Greenwich Village or Upper West Side.” It also noted the university’s personal approach to academic life. “Professors really take care to make sure that students become well acclimated to college life,” one student told the publication, which also said of DePaul, “Few universities have come so far, so fast.”  

DePaul Provost Helmut Epp said, “We are honored by our growing national profile and will continue to build on all our efforts to further enhance academic excellence and student achievement.”

Also this week, Sierra Magazine ranked DePaul 57 out of 162 colleges and universities reviewed for its annual “Cool Schools” survey, which examines a wide range of sustainability efforts of schools across the nation.

In recent months, individual faculty and students also have received national and international recognition for their work.  Diversity MBA Magazine honored William Marty Martin, associate professor of management, as one of the nation’s “Top 100 Under 50 Diverse Executive & Emerging Leaders.” Also this summer, Jacob Sabolo, a junior majoring in English and peace, justice and conflict studies, was recognized by the international emergency relief organization Oxfam America with its “Oxfam’s CHANGE Initiative.”  Sabolo was recognized for his commitment and creativity in finding lasting solutions to global poverty.

About DePaul

With more than 25,000 students, DePaul University is the largest Catholic university in the United States and the largest private, non-profit university in the Midwest. The university offers approximately 275 graduate and undergraduate programs of study on two Chicago campuses, four suburban campuses and three international locations. Founded in 1898, DePaul remains committed to providing a quality education through personal attention to students from a wide range of backgrounds. For more information, visit www.depaul.edu.