The DePauw Experience

What do you really want from a college education? At DePauw University you will earn a nationally recognized undergraduate degree...and something more.

Here you will gain the desire to lead, the motivation to do your very best and the confidence to pursue your goals. In four years you will acquire the knowledge and experience to achieve uncommon success.

Student Life

With more than 100 clubs and organizations , 25 Greek organizations, 19 intercollegiate athletic teams, and countless debates, speakers, conferences, entertainers visiting campus, you’ll find life at DePauw is not what you might expect from a college in the middle of America. With so many opportunities to get involved on campus there is no wonder that a survey of more than 110,000 students at the nation’s top college ranked DePauw #12 for "more to do on campus."

Winter Term

The month of January for most college students equates to lecture halls and days locked in your dorm room escaping the cold. For DePauw students, the month of January means Winter Term, one of the most exciting and important components to their educational experience. The month-long Winter Term program is a time of adventure and intellectual exploration in an atmosphere with a reduced emphasis on grades. Our students participate in non-traditional courses (both on-campus and at other institutions), faculty-led study and service projects, internships, and independent study projects.