Selectivity
75%
Total Students
29,693
UG 18,721
PG 10,972
Satisfaction Index
84%
Salary After Attending
$62,600
BASIC
| Web Site | www.drexel.edu |
| Institution Type | Private |
| Location | Philadelphia |
UNDER GRADUATE
| Total Students | 18,721 |
| Women | 9,158 (48.92%) |
| Men | 9,563 (51.08%) |
GRADUATE
| Total Students | 10,972 |
| Women | 6,960 (63.43%) |
| Men | 4,012 (36.57%) |
| Acceptance Rate | 75% |
| Cost of Attendance | $ 71,375 |
| Graduation Rate | 68% |
| Retention Rate | 84 % |
FRESHMAN ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
| Admission Office URL | www.drexel.edu/admissions/overview.aspx |
| Online Application URL | www.drexel.edu/admissions/apply/ |
| Entrance Difficulty (Selectivity) | 75 % |
STANDARDISED TEST REQUIREMENTS
| Exam | Required |
|---|---|
| SAT or ACT | Required |
| SAT Only | - |
| ACT Only | - |
| SAT and SAT Subject Tests, or ACT | - |
| SAT Subject Tests Only | - |
| Regular Admission Deadline | - |
EARLY DECISION & EARLY ACTION
| Early Decision Offered | Yes |
| Early Decision Application Deadline | 01-11-2017 |
| Early Decision Notification Date | - |
| Early Action Offered | Yes |
| Early Action Application Deadline | 01-11-2017 |
| Early Action Notification Date | - |
FACTORS CONSIDERED FOR ADMISSION
| Factor | Very Important | Important | Considered | Not Considered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rigor of Secondary School Record | X | |||
| Academic GPA | X | |||
| Standardized Tests | X | |||
| Class Rank | X | |||
| Recommendations | X | |||
| Essay | X | |||
| Interview | X | |||
| Level of Applicant's Interest | X | |||
| Extracurricular Activities | X | |||
| Volunteer Work | X | |||
| Particular Talent/Ability | X | |||
| Character/Personal Qualities | X | |||
| First Generation to Attend College | X | |||
| State Residency | X | |||
| Geographic Residence | X | |||
| Relation with Alumnus | X | |||
| Religious Affiliation/ Commitment | X | |||
| Ethnicity | X | |||
| Work Experience | X |
ADMISSION RATE
| Overall Admission Rate | 76% of applicants were admitted |
| Women | 76% of applicants were admitted |
| Men | 76% of applicants were admitted |
| Students Enrolled | 9% of admitted students enrolled |
| Women | 7% of admitted students enrolled |
| Men | 10% of admitted students enrolled |
| Early Decision Admission Rate | - |
| Early Action Admission Rate | - |
SCORES OF ENROLLED FRESHMEN
| 25th Percentile | 75th Percentile | |
|---|---|---|
| SAT - R/W | 530 | 630 |
| SAT - Maths | 565 | 565 |
| ACT - Composite | 25 | 30 |
| ACT - Writing | - | - |
| ACT - English | - | - |
| ACT - Maths | - | - |
TUITION AND EXPENSES
| Financial Aid Office URL | https://drexel.edu/drexelcentral/finaid/prospective-students/ |
| Net Price Calculator URL | https://drexel.studentaidcalculator.com/survey.aspx |
Cost of Attendance (UG)
Tuition and Fees |
$51,030 |
On Campus Room & Board |
$14,367 |
Books and Supplies |
$1,700 |
Other Expenses |
$4,278 |
| Total | $71,375 |
Cost of Attendance (Master)
Tuition and Fees |
$33,024 |
On Campus Room & Board |
$14,367 |
Books and Supplies |
$1,700 |
Other Expenses |
$4,278 |
| Total | $53,369 |
FINANCIAL AID
| Need Based Aid for International Student | No |
| Merit Based Aid for International Students | No |
| Total International Students Receiving Aid | 1576 |
| Percentage of International Students Receiving Aid | 73.2% |
| Average aid awarded to International Students | $ 16,940 |
| Total Aid awarded to International Students | $ 2,66,97,440 |
| PROGRAM | BACHELOR | MASTER | DOCTOR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture, General. | |||
| Food Science. | - | 7 | - |
| Category total | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| ARCHITECTURE AND RELATED SERVICES. | |||
| Architecture. | 34 | - | - |
| Category total | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES. | |||
| Biochemistry. | - | - | 3 |
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other. | - | 66 | - |
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General. | 202 | 2 | 5 |
| Biomedical Sciences, General. | - | 43 | 2 |
| Biostatistics. | - | 18 | - |
| Biotechnology. | - | 1 | - |
| Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences, Other. | - | 2 | 8 |
| Epidemiology. | - | 32 | 1 |
| Immunology. | - | 2 | - |
| Microbiological Sciences and Immunology, Other. | - | 2 | 6 |
| Microbiology and Immunology. | - | 6 | - |
| Molecular Biology. | - | 2 | - |
| Molecular Pharmacology. | - | 1 | 4 |
| Neuroscience. | - | 7 | 5 |
| Oncology and Cancer Biology. | - | 1 | - |
| Pharmacology. | - | 6 | - |
| Category total | 202 | 191 | 34 |
| BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT, MARKETING, AND RELATED SUPPORT SERVICES. | |||
| Accounting. | 119 | 45 | - |
| Business/Commerce, General. | 130 | 195 | 8 |
| Construction Management. | 28 | 19 | - |
| Customer Service Management. | 8 | - | - |
| Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies. | 59 | - | - |
| Finance, General. | 131 | 57 | - |
| Hotel/Motel Administration/Management. | 28 | 8 | - |
| Human Resources Development. | - | 18 | - |
| International Business/Trade/Commerce. | 28 | - | - |
| Management Information Systems, General. | 32 | - | - |
| Management Science. | 35 | 28 | - |
| Marketing/Marketing Management, General. | 81 | - | - |
| Operations Management and Supervision. | 10 | - | - |
| Project Management. | - | 30 | - |
| Real Estate. | 1 | 2 | - |
| Category total | 690 | 402 | 8 |
| COMMUNICATION, JOURNALISM, AND RELATED PROGRAMS. | |||
| Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other. | 75 | 29 | - |
| Mass Communication/Media Studies. | - | - | 4 |
| Publishing. | - | 1 | - |
| Radio and Television. | - | 13 | - |
| Category total | 75 | 43 | 4 |
| COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES/TECHNICIANS AND SUPPORT SERVICES. | |||
| Radio and Television Broadcasting Technology/Technician. | 2 | - | - |
| Category total | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES AND SUPPORT SERVICES. | |||
| Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance. | 15 | 3 | - |
| Computer Science. | 82 | 26 | 5 |
| Information Science/Studies. | 62 | 49 | 7 |
| Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design. | 9 | 12 | - |
| Category total | 168 | 90 | 12 |
| EDUCATION. | |||
| Administration of Special Education. | - | 15 | - |
| Education, Other. | - | 2 | - |
| Educational Leadership and Administration, General. | - | - | 43 |
| Educational/Instructional Technology. | - | 14 | - |
| Elementary Education and Teaching. | 15 | - | - |
| Higher Education/Higher Education Administration. | - | 51 | - |
| Mathematics Teacher Education. | - | 8 | - |
| Secondary Education and Teaching. | 6 | - | - |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas, Other. | - | 122 | - |
| Category total | 21 | 212 | 43 |
| Engineering Technology, General. | |||
| Engineering/Industrial Management. | - | 25 | - |
| Category total | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| ENGINEERING. | |||
| Architectural Engineering. | 57 | 5 | - |
| Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering. | 123 | 80 | 20 |
| Chemical Engineering. | 94 | 19 | 5 |
| Civil Engineering, General. | 63 | 26 | 9 |
| Computer Engineering, General. | 85 | 26 | - |
| Computer Software Engineering. | 16 | 13 | - |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 96 | 75 | 13 |
| Engineering, General. | 3 | - | - |
| Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering. | 19 | 17 | 1 |
| Materials Engineering. | 34 | 19 | 13 |
| Mechanical Engineering. | 219 | 47 | 11 |
| Category total | 809 | 327 | 72 |
| ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE/LETTERS. | |||
| English Language and Literature/Letters, Other. | 19 | - | - |
| Category total | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General. | |||
| Art Therapy/Therapist. | - | 27 | - |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science and Allied Professions, Other. | - | 89 | - |
| Comparative and Laboratory Animal Medicine. | - | 22 | - |
| Dance Therapy/Therapist. | - | 9 | - |
| Environmental Health. | - | 13 | - |
| Health/Health Care Administration/Management. | 71 | 50 | - |
| Health/Medical Preparatory Programs, Other. | 87 | - | - |
| Histologic Technology/Histotechnologist. | - | 5 | - |
| Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling. | - | 17 | 2 |
| Medical Informatics. | - | 13 | - |
| Music Therapy/Therapist. | - | 11 | - |
| Nurse Anesthetist. | - | 28 | - |
| Pathology/Pathologist Assistant. | - | 17 | - |
| Physical Therapy/Therapist. | - | 2 | 4 |
| Physician Assistant. | - | 67 | - |
| Public Health, General. | 1 | 62 | - |
| Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse. | 659 | 300 | - |
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions, Other. | - | - | 2 |
| Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling. | 38 | - | - |
| Category total | 856 | 732 | 8 |
| HISTORY. | |||
| History, General. | 9 | - | - |
| History, Other. | 1 | - | - |
| Category total | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| HOMELAND SECURITY, LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIREFIGHTING AND RELATED PROTECTIVE SERVICES. | |||
| Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration. | 11 | - | - |
| Criminalistics and Criminal Science. | - | 5 | - |
| Forensic Science and Technology. | - | 9 | - |
| Category total | 11 | 14 | 0 |
| PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROFESSIONS. | |||
| Public Policy Analysis, General. | - | 4 | - |
| Category total | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Undergraduate). | |||
| American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence. | - | 2 | - |
| Health Law. | - | - | 1 |
| Legal Professions and Studies, Other. | 35 | 16 | - |
| Category total | 35 | 18 | 1 |
| LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES, GENERAL STUDIES AND HUMANITIES. | |||
| General Studies. | 42 | - | - |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies. | 7 | - | - |
| Category total | 49 | 0 | 0 |
| LIBRARY SCIENCE. | |||
| Library and Information Science. | - | 118 | - |
| Category total | 0 | 118 | 0 |
| MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS. | |||
| Mathematics, General. | 32 | 5 | 5 |
| Category total | 32 | 5 | 5 |
| MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES. | |||
| International/Global Studies. | 19 | - | - |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. | - | 3 | - |
| Museology/Museum Studies. | - | 6 | - |
| Nutrition Sciences. | 12 | 29 | - |
| Science, Technology and Society. | - | 10 | - |
| Category total | 31 | 48 | 0 |
| NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION. | |||
| Environmental Science. | 14 | 12 | 3 |
| Environmental Studies. | 11 | - | - |
| Natural Resources Management and Policy. | - | 5 | - |
| Category total | 25 | 17 | 3 |
| PARKS, RECREATION, LEISURE, AND FITNESS STUDIES. | |||
| Sport and Fitness Administration/Management. | 26 | 41 | - |
| Category total | 26 | 41 | 0 |
| PERSONAL AND CULINARY SERVICES. | |||
| Culinary Arts/Chef Training. | 10 | - | - |
| Category total | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES. | |||
| Philosophy. | 5 | - | - |
| Category total | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| PHYSICAL SCIENCES. | |||
| Chemistry, General. | 17 | 7 | 5 |
| Physics, Other. | 5 | 6 | 10 |
| Category total | 22 | 13 | 15 |
| PSYCHOLOGY. | |||
| Applied Behavior Analysis. | - | 3 | - |
| Clinical Psychology. | - | - | 1 |
| Psychology, General. | 83 | 15 | 7 |
| Category total | 83 | 18 | 8 |
| SOCIAL SCIENCES. | |||
| Anthropology. | 4 | - | - |
| Criminology. | 5 | - | - |
| Econometrics and Quantitative Economics. | 64 | 15 | 1 |
| Economics, General. | 3 | - | - |
| Political Science and Government, General. | 24 | - | - |
| Sociology. | 3 | - | - |
| Category total | 103 | 15 | 1 |
| VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS. | |||
| Art History, Criticism and Conservation. | 1 | - | - |
| Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management, General. | 32 | - | - |
| Cinematography and Film/Video Production. | 43 | - | - |
| Dance, Other. | 6 | - | - |
| Design and Applied Arts, Other. | 49 | - | - |
| Fashion/Apparel Design. | 18 | 3 | - |
| Fine and Studio Arts Management. | - | 27 | - |
| Game and Interactive Media Design. | 35 | - | - |
| Graphic Design. | 39 | - | - |
| Industrial and Product Design. | 8 | - | - |
| Interior Design. | 22 | 18 | - |
| Music Management. | 37 | - | - |
| Photography. | 12 | - | - |
| Playwriting and Screenwriting. | 4 | - | - |
| Visual and Performing Arts, General. | 3 | - | - |
| Category total | 309 | 48 | 0 |
| Grand total | 3627 | 2388 | 214 |
FACULTY & INSTRUCTION
| Student to Faculty Ratio | 10 to 1 |
| Regular Class Size | 2-9 students: 20% of classes 10-19 students: 38% of classes 20-29 students: 19% of classes 30-39 students: 10% of classes 40-49 students: 4% of classes 50-99 students: 7% of classes Over 100 students: 2% of classes |
STUDENT BODY
| On Campus Housing | Yes |
| On Campus Housing Details | Coed dorms, single student apartments, disabled student housing, fraternity/sorority housing |
| Coeducational | Yes |
| All Undergraduates | 18,721 |
| Women (% of total) | 9,158 (48.92%) |
| Men (% of total) | 9,563 (51.08%) |
| Diversity of Student Body (UnderGraduates) | American Indian/Alaskan Native - 0.13 % Asian - 13.09 % Black/African-American - 7.31 % Hispanic/Latino - 5.9 % Multi-race (not Hispanic/Latino) - 2.9 % Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander - 0.58 % White - 53.76 % Unknown - 3.54 % International Students - 12.79 % |
| All Graduate Students | 10,972 |
| Women (% of total) | 6,960 (63%) |
| Men (% of total) | 4,012 (37%) |
| Diversity of Student Body (Graduate Students) | American Indian/Alaskan Native - 0.19 % Asian - 8.48 % Black/African-American - 10.04 % Hispanic/Latino - 4.65 % Multi-race (not Hispanic/Latino) - 2.25 % Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander - 0.09 % White - 55 % Unknown - 7.35 % International Students - 11.95 % |
UNDERGRADUATE RETENTION AND GRADUATION
| First-Year Students Returning | 84 % |
| Students Graduating (Within 6 Years) |
68 % |
AFTER GRADUATION
| Graduates Offered Full-Time Employment Within 6 Months | Not reported |
| Average Starting Salary | Not reported |
| Graduates Pursuing Advanced Study Directly | Not reported |
| Disciplines Pursued | Not reported |
SHERPA NOTES
-
COUNSELLORS NOTES
-
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Blogs
-
So it’s the final year of your school, you have your test scores in place, your essay prepared, and your résumé done. You open ...
20-Sep-2016
-
The summer break during your college years at the U.S. can really be an opportunity to explore new horizons and learn new skills. There are plenty ...
20-Sep-2016
News
-
ANTIOCH, Calif. (AP) — There was an emergency in Room 14. Three girls injured, one with a broken thighbone and maybe something more serious. Snapping on sterile gloves and kneeling before the worst-off patient, two 17-yea...
The Art Institute of Salt Lake City , 02-Jun-2017
-
New research on the financial practices surrounding a ‘wonder drug’ with a more than 90% cure rate for hepatitis C – a blood-borne infection that damages the liver over many years – shows how this medica...
South University–Savannah Online , 22-Aug-2016
-
August is typically a bad month for risk and a good month for the US Dollar - see the August forex seasonality report.A miss on US productivity figures and a slight downtick to the Atlanta Fed's GDPNow growth ...
, 22-Aug-2016
