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Drew University was awarded 180 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is theological & ministerial studies.
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Drew is ranked #1,229 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list.
Drew also holds the #29 spot on the Best Colleges in New Jersey ranking.
Drew University has an acceptance rate of 80%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
The student to faculty ratio at Drew is an impressive 12 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Drew University is 56%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 88% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Drew University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Drew the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 66%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Drew University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,636 undergraduates at Drew with 1,603 being full-time and 33 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $16,895 | $17,287 | $20,243 | $29,659 | $36,385 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Drew, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Drew, approximately 52% of students took out student loans averaging $7,604 a year. That adds up to $30,416 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Drew is 3.9%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for Drew are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 36 Madison Ave, Madison, NJ 07940 |
| Phone: | 973-408-3000 |
| Website: | www.drew.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/DrewUniversity |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/drewuniversity |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 43 | $40,486 |
| General Psychology | 37 | $24,484 |
| General Biology | 36 | $21,861 |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 28 | NA |
| Communication & Media Studies | 26 | NA |
| Economics | 23 | $41,700 |
| Computer Science | 21 | NA |
| Drama & Theater Arts | 20 | $10,438 |
| General English Literature | 20 | $21,611 |
| Political Science & Government | 20 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 13 students took at least one online class at Drew University. This is a decrease from the 2,229 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 13 | 0 |
| 2019-2020 | 2,229 | 2,229 |
| 2018-2019 | 161 | 21 |
| 2017-2018 | 108 | 27 |
| 2016-2017 | 98 | 42 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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