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DePaul University's College of Commerce offers you an extraordinary opportunity to study all aspects of business and commerce in one of the world's leading commercial centers, Chicago. Our Academic Programs have consistently received high rankings and accolades. Our faculty of experts and business professionals present an impressive array of practical experience, research and publishing success, and the clear priority of educating their students.

Housed in the DePaul Center, the College of Commerce is always looking toward the future providing state-of-the-art facilities including technology capabilities, computer labs and technology equipped classrooms with cutting-edge presentation equipment from video to networked computers. Interactive video allows two-way video and audio connections for remote locations.

Our Mission
The mission of the College of Commerce is to be a leader in the discovery and development of skills and knowledge as it relates to business and its global role. Our primary objective is to actively serve our markets in Chicago and around the world by making use of the latest technology to provide innovative educational programs. Our faculty members have a responsibility to maintain their academic and professional qualifications, primarily through discipline-based scholarship, but also through contributions to practice and through research in support of teaching. The College focuses its teaching and research on both the current business setting and important future issues, while providing service to both the academic and professional communities.

The College seeks to serve individuals and organizations desiring access to the highest quality business education as a means to achieve a full range of intellectual and professional goals from the perspective of ethical and responsible leadership. The students, staff, faculty, and other members of the University community strive to provide each other with the knowledge and experience needed to fulfill their intellectual and professional goals. This is a cooperative effort to create a framework for solving business problems within a global society. The College holds high-quality teaching and pedagogical innovation to be just as important as scholarship and research.

Academic Excellence
The Kellstadt Graduate School of Business has earned numerous Top 10 rankings by the prestigious US News & World Report business school ranking of part-time MBA programs in the last thirteen years. In addition to the part-time MBA rankings, Entrepreneur Magazine and the Princeton Review ranks DePaul’s Entrepreneur program has been ranked as a Top-3 program at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Further, Fortune Small Business ranks our Center for Creativity & Innovation as one of the Top-10 most innovative programs for fledgling business owners. In addition to our MBA programs, we offer a variety of Specialized Master's Degrees.

Academic Programs
Graduate MBA and specialized MS programs are offered through the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business.

Undergraduate programs are offered through the Undergraduate College of Commerce.


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