The Chicago School at Dallas
About
The Chicago School is a private university with its main campus in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Established in 1979, The Chicago School was primarily focused on the professional application of psychology. It has about 6,000 students as of 2022 across all campuses and online. The university offers more than 30 academic programs in professional fields such as psychology, business, behavioral sciences, medicine, and counseling.
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 1,697 borrowers who entered repayment, 11 (0.6%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Chicago School at Dallas
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Chicago School at Dallas vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Chicago School at Dallas selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectThe Chicago School at Dallas | — | — | 219 | — | — |
Baylor University | 80% | 51.3% | 20,626 | $41,942 | R1 Research |
DeVry University-Texas | 0% | — | 17 | — | — |
Southern Methodist University | 84% | 63.3% | 12,116 | $41,778 | R2 Research |
Texas State University | 55% | 89.3% | 40,674 | $16,438 | R2 Research |
Texas Wesleyan University | 32% | 69.2% | 2,487 | $19,398 | Doctoral/Professional |
The University of Texas at Arlington | 54% | 79.9% | 44,956 | $15,235 | R1 Research |
The University of Texas at Dallas | 76% | 65.1% | 29,886 | $17,435 | R1 Research |
University of North Texas | 61% | 72.2% | 46,864 | $14,352 | R1 Research |
| Peer group median | 58% | 69.2% | 20,626 | $17,435 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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