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Drexel University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

470 Undergraduate Degrees
332 Graduate Degrees
$53,330 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
80% Acceptance Rate

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 1
High School Rank 5
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 5
Recommendations 1
SAT or ACT Scores 5
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Drexel?

80% Acceptance Rate
53% Of Accepted Are Women
41% Submit SAT Scores
The acceptance rate at Drexel University is 80%. This means that is not quite as selective as some schools, but you'll still need to submit a good application if you want to be considered by the admissions department.

Approximately 45% of accepted students are men and 53% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 78%, and the acceptance rate for women is 81%.

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 English scores ranged between 26 and 34. Math scores were between 25 and 0. Composite scores were between 27 and 32.

ACT English Scores for Drexel University  ( 26 to 34 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for Drexel University  ( 27 to 32 )
1
36

Can I Afford Drexel University?

$53,330 Net Price
63% Take Out Loans
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 63% of students took out student loans averaging $10,865 a year. That adds up to $43,460 over four years for those students.

Drexel University Undergraduate Student Diversity

13,156 Full-Time Undergraduates
47% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 14,616 undergraduate students at Drexel, with 13,156 being full-time and 1,460 being part-time.

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There are also 8,973 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 13,156 full-time undergraduates at Drexel, 53% are male and 47% 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 2,980
Black or African American 792
Hispanic or Latino 909
White 6,388
International Students 1,255
Other Races/Ethnicities 832

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.

Drexel University Nursing Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Registered Nursing 470 24 280 2 776
Nurse Anesthetist 0 0 16 0 16
Nursing Practice 0 0 0 10 10
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing 0 0 0 0 0
Women’s Health Nurse/Nursing 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 470 24 296 12 802

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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