Established in the autumn of 1912, the College of Commerce began classes on January 13, 1913.  It ranks among the ten oldest business schools in the United States. The college offers the degree Bachelor of Science in Commerce (BSC).  The Commerce Undergraduate Program Office provides academic assistance to all Commerce students throughout the year. From its inception, the college has placed highest priority on maintaining quality programs that combine both general and specialized learning experiences. To provide its students with a broad understanding of the multi-faceted forces shaping their world, the college concentrates a significant amount of its academic work in the Liberal Studies. Specifically, the general learning experiences are distributed throughout six learning domains of liberal education: Understanding the Past; Scientific Inquiry; Religious Dimensions; Philosophical Inquiry; Self, Society, and the Modern World; and Arts and Literature.  To prepare them for entry into a professional career in business, industry, government, or non-profit institutions, the college offers students introductory and advanced learning experiences in the specialized fields of Accountancy, E- Business, Economics, Finance, Management, Management Information Systems, Marketing and Real Estate.

True to the Vincentian heritage of DePaul University, the college includes within these experiences the study of the moral and ethical issues impacting upon public and private institutions in society as well as the individual. The high quality of DePaul University’s business programs is validated by the fact that both the undergraduate and graduate programs are accredited by AACSB – International, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. This distinction is held by only a limited number of schools of business worldwide.