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The College of Computing and Digital Media (CDM) is located on The Loop campus in the heart of downtown Chicago. It’s strategically located to put students near the action of downtown. CDM is DePaul’s fastest growing college, and the computer science program is one of the most comprehensive in the country. Last year, the DePaul Security Daemons, a team of undergraduate and graduate students interested in computer information and network security, placed third in the National

Here are things you should know about DePaul: • It’s named after St. Vincent de Paul, the patron saint of works of charity/community service. This informs everything about DePaul, which prides itself on the Vincentian values of service and leadership. • DePaul is the largest Catholic university in the country (16,000 undergrads/23,000 total students), but it makes a point of being welcoming to students of all faiths. As one student told me, “if you want to be religious, there

Columbia College Chicago is near Roosevelt University in Chicago's arts and education corridor, but its culture is unmistakably its own. The school proudly describes itself as “a school for creatives by creatives.” Columbia College Chicago wants its students to be the authors and creators of culture and works hard to propel students to work. Like many arts colleges, Columbia College Chicago is really good at teaching the craft, but they differ in also getting students to unde