by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Drexel University was awarded 451 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is accounting.
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Drexel landed the #125 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation.
Drexel is also ranked #10 out of 109 schools in Pennsylvania.
The acceptance rate at Drexel University is 83%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that Drexel is a good fit for you.
About 37% of students accepted to Drexel submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 600 and 690. Math scores were between 610 and 720.
The student to faculty ratio at Drexel is an impressive 10 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 Drexel University is 55%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Drexel University has a freshmen retention rate of 90%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at Drexel is 26%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 14,616 undergraduates at Drexel with 13,156 being full-time and 1,460 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $24,508 | $28,998 | $33,921 | $37,562 | $43,949 |
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 Drexel, 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 Drexel, approximately 62% of students took out student loans averaging $9,701 a year. That adds up to $38,804 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Drexel is 1.9%. 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.
Get more details about the location of Drexel University.
Contact details for Drexel are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 3141 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104 |
| Phone: | 215-895-2000 |
| Website: | https://drexel.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/drexeluniv |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/DrexelNews |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 533 | $72,616 |
| Accounting | 256 | $60,324 |
| Design & Applied Arts | 193 | $35,133 |
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 180 | $63,344 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 168 | $67,863 |
| Marketing | 156 | $51,295 |
| General Biology | 136 | $29,532 |
| Computer Science | 121 | $72,421 |
| Health/Medical Prep Programs | 101 | $32,968 |
| Business Administration & Management | 99 | $58,409 |
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, 11,566 students took at least one online class at Drexel University. This is a decrease from the 20,931 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 11,566 | 5,317 |
| 2019-2020 | 20,931 | 18,832 |
| 2018-2019 | 9,300 | 5,189 |
| 2017-2018 | 2,965 | 1,437 |
| 2016-2017 | 4,982 | 2,701 |
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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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