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Drexel University Overview

Drexel University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

What Is Drexel University Known For?

0 Undergraduate Awards
$53,330 Avg Cost After Aid
83% Acceptance Rate
  • Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at Drexel since the student to facuty ratio is 10 to 1.
  • The 1% student loan default rate at Drexel is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
  • The highest award offered at Drexel is the doctor's degree.
  • In <nil>, 53% of the faculty were full-time.
  • Students who graduate from Drexel with a bachelor's degree make about $79,785 a year. That's 96% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Where Is Drexel University?

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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: drexel.edu
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/drexeluniv
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrexelNews

How Do I Get Into Drexel?

You can apply to Drexel online at: https://drexel.edu/admissions/apply/

Admission Requirements for Drexel

Submission Required?
High School GPA Required
High School Rank Recommended
High School Transcript Required
College Prep Program Recommended
Recommendations Required
SAT or ACT Scores Considered but not required
TOEFL Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Drexel?

83% Acceptance Rate
54% Of Accepted Are Women
37% Submit SAT Scores
Drexel has an acceptance rate of 83%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 46% of accepted students are men and 54% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 81%, and the acceptance rate for women is 84%.

Average Test Scores

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.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Drexel University  ( 600 to 690 )
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800

SAT Math Scores for Drexel University  ( 610 to 720 )
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800
Drexel received ACT scores from 9% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 25 and 34. Math scores were between 25 and 31. Composite scores were between 26 and 32.

ACT English Scores for Drexel University  ( 25 to 34 )
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36
ACT Math Scores for Drexel University  ( 25 to 31 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for Drexel University  ( 26 to 32 )
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36

Can I Afford Drexel University?

$53,330 Net Price
62% Take Out Loans
0.9% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of Drexel is $53,330. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. 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 0.9%. 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.

Drexel University Undergraduate Student Diversity

13,143 Full-Time Undergraduates
48% Women
42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 14,413 undergraduate students at Drexel, with 13,143 being full-time and 1,270 being part-time.

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There are also 8,803 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 13,143 full-time undergraduates at Drexel, 52% are male and 48% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Drexel University students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 3,089
Black or African American 913
Hispanic or Latino 966
White 6,143
International Students 1,252
Other Races/Ethnicities 780

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Drexel University. At this time, 40 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 127 countries are represented at Drexel. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Vietnam.

Online Learning at Drexel University

5,317 Took All Classes Online
11,566 Took At Least One Class Online
106.9% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2020-2021, 11,566 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Drexel has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 5th most popular in Pennsylvania for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Drexel

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Drexel University was 106.9%. This is the #405 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Drexel regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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