What is DePaul University?
[[Image:StudentCenterDePaul.jpg|right|thumb|The student center on the campus in 2002.]] '''DePaul University''' is a private [[university]] in [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]], [[Illinois]]. The university has about 24,008 students. It was founded in [[1898]]. The current president of the university is Robert L. Manuel, PhD. It was named after 17th-century French priest [[Vincent de Paul|Saint Vincent de Paul]]. DePaul's two main campuses are located in [[Lincoln Park, Chicago|Lincoln Park]] and the [[Chicago Loop|Loop]]. The Lincoln Park Campus is home to the Colleges of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Science and Health, and Education. The Loop campus is home to Colleges of Business, Law and Technology. Since 1998, DePaul University has been the largest [[Catholic]] university in the [[United States]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://offices.depaul.edu/enrollment-management-marketing/enrollment-summary/Pages/national-comparisons.aspx |title=National Comparisons |access-date=2017-08-01 |archive-date=2016-03-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323155020/http://offices.depaul.edu/enrollment-management-marketing/enrollment-summary/Pages/national-comparisons.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Students== The university enrolls around 16,000 undergraduate and about 7,600 graduate/law students, making DePaul the 13th largest private university by enrollment in the United States, and the largest private university in Illinois. According to the Division of Student Affairs website, about 90% of DePaul's students commute or live off campus.<ref>{{cite web |title=Commuter Services |publisher=DePaul University Division of Affairs |url=https://offices.depaul.edu/student-affairs/support-services/for-specific-populations/Pages/commuter-services.aspx |access-date=23 May 2017}}</ref> The student body represents a wide array of religious, ethnic, and geographic backgrounds, including over 60 foreign countries.<ref>{{cite web |title=Enrollment Facts |url=http://offices.depaul.edu/emm/facts-and-figures/Pages/default.aspx