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Drexel University Data & Information Overview

97 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
80% Acceptance Rate
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How Well Is Drexel University Ranked?

#115 Best Colleges in Nation
#10 Best Colleges in PA
Accounting Highest Ranked Major
Quality Badge

2025 Rankings

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 97 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is accounting.

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Overall Quality

According to College Factual's 2025 analysis, Drexel is ranked #115 out of 2,152 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Drexel held the #125 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

Out of the 103 colleges in Pennsylvania, Drexel is ranked at #10.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Drexel?

80% Acceptance Rate
53% Of Accepted Are Women
41% Submit SAT Scores

Acceptance Rate

Drexel 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.

Average Test Scores

About 41% 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 610 and 700. Math scores were between 620 and 730.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Drexel University  ( 610 to 700 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Drexel University  ( 620 to 730 )
200
800
Drexel received ACT scores from 7% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 27 and 32.

ACT Composite Scores for Drexel University  ( 27 to 32 )
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36

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Drexel University Faculty

9 to 1 Student to Faculty
55% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio at Drexel is an impressive 9 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.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

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%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  55 out of 100
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100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Drexel University

87% Freshmen Retention
26% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate of 87% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Drexel 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.

Freshmen Retention Rate  87 out of 100
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100

Graduation Rate

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%

On-Time Graduation Rate  26 out of 100
0
100

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Drexel University Undergraduate Student Diversity

13,156 Full-Time Undergraduates
39.6% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
46.7% Percent Women

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.

How Much Does Drexel University Cost?

$35,596 Net Price
63% Take Out Loans
$43,460 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Drexel is $35,596. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Drexel

$0-30 K$30K-48K$48-75$75-110K$110K +
$25,722$27,401$34,112$37,647$45,275

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.

Student Loan Debt

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 63% of students took out student loans averaging $10,865 a year. That adds up to $43,460 over four years for those students.

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How Much Money Do Drexel Graduates Make?

$84,648 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
The pay for some majors is higher than others, but on average, students who graduate with a bachelor's degree from Drexel make about $84,648 a year during their first few years of employment after graduation. This is good news for future Drexel graduates since it is 72% more than the average college graduate's salary of $49,219 per year.

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Location of Drexel University

Pennsylvania State
13,156 Full-Time Undergraduates
Large City Campus Setting
Drexel University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The location of Drexel is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

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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

Drexel University Majors

132 Majors With Completions
14,526 Undergraduate Degrees
14,458 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 132 majors graduated from Drexel University. Of these students, 14,526 received undergraduate degrees and 14,458 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular MajorsBachelor’s DegreesAverage Salary of Graduates
Nursing938$85,441
Accounting300$70,069
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods263$74,357
Medicine245NA
Computer Science234$86,930
General Business/Commerce230NA
Mechanical Engineering226$74,267
General Biology203$37,699
Health & Medical Administrative Services189$54,322
Marketing181$57,838

Learn more about the majors offered at Drexel University along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Drexel

42% Take At Least One Class Online
20% Take All Classes Online

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 2022-2023, 9,471 students took at least one online class at Drexel University. This is a decrease from the 11,566 students who took online classes the previous year.

YearTook at Least One Online ClassTook All Classes Online
2022-20239,4714,477
2021-202211,5665,317
2020-202120,93118,832
2018-20192,9651,437

Learn more about online learning at Drexel University.

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Notes and References

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.

References

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