Information Technology at Drexel University

If you are interested in studying information technology, you may want to check out the program at Drexel University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Drexel is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 23,589.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Information Technology section at the bottom of this page.

Drexel Information Technology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IT
• Master’s Degree in IT

Drexel Information Technology Rankings

The it major at Drexel is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Information Technology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

IT Student Demographics at Drexel

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the it majors at Drexel University.

Drexel Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 73% of it bachelor's degrees went to men and 27% went to women. The typical it bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at Drexel since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% more racial-ethnic minorities in its it bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Drexel University with a bachelor's in it.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	17
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	31
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Drexel Information Technology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 58% of it master's degrees went to men and 42% went to women.

Of the students who received a it master's degree from Drexel, 53% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Drexel University with a master's in it.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	19
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Concentrations Within Information Technology

If you plan to be a it major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Drexel University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer & IS Security	64

Related Majors

• Computer Software & Applications
• Information Science
• Computer Science

Careers That IT Grads May Go Into

A degree in it can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for Drexel University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Computer User Support Specialists	22,790	$52,370
Computer Workers	19,010	$87,040
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,070	$146,860
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	12,760	$77,700
Managers	11,060	$126,290

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.