The Princeton Review, as part of its annual college guide to ‘The Best 361 Schools’ has a new ranking out today in which DePaul was ranked No. 1 in the nation for its ‘Diverse Student Population.’Fr. Holtschneider, CM, President of De Paul University writes…
I am delighted to share some exciting news with you today. The Princeton Review, which has rated our students happiest in the nation on several occasions, has a new ranking out today. DePaul was ranked No. 1 in the nation for its “Diverse Student Population.”
The ranking is the result of a survey of more than 115,000 college students nationwide at 361 top schools. It is being published in the 2007 edition of the Princeton Review’s annual college guide titled “The Best 361 Schools,” which is being released this week.
According to the profile in the guide, DePaul students raved about our “very diverse campus.” The guide states that: “[DePaul’s] undergraduates tell us that ‘everyone gets along with each other remarkably. There are open gay/lesbians, African Americans, Caucasians, Asians, and people of all different races who all accept each other for who they are.’” It also cited our strategic relationships with Hispanic organizations.
I believe that the university’s founders, and Vincent de Paul himself, would be proud to hear of this national recognition. It comes from the hard work of our admissions professionals, and every staff and faculty member who make DePaul University a place of welcome and respect for all students. Certainly, there is always room for improvement, but today I think it well deserved to feel proud of our accomplishment, especially when this recognition is based on the Princeton Review’s interviews with our own students.
This is the second time this summer we have been lauded for our diversity. In July, the university once again was prominent in the 2006 Diverse Issues in Higher Education rankings of the 100 top minority degree-producing institutions. We were ranked in 28 different categories, scoring in the nation’s top 25 in nine of them.
We scored highest in the graduate rankings for computer and information sciences degrees. Our School of CTI ranked in the top six in the nation in four different categories, including the number of total minority master’s degree recipients (No. 3), total Asian master’s degree recipients (No. 3), total Hispanic/Latino master’s degree recipients (No. 3) and total African American master’s degree recipients (No. 6).
Being recognized for our students’ enthusiasm and respect for our diversity is a wonderful reflection of how hard everyone at DePaul has worked to prepare our students to succeed in a multicultural world.
Sincerely,
Rev. Dennis Holtschneider, C.M.
President
