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Drexel University: Statistics

Rank	Ranking
# 240 of 14,160	In the World
# 111 of 2,624	In North America
# 98 of 2,523	In the United States
# 6 of 155	In Pennsylvania
# 3 of 19	In Philadelphia
# 41 of 1,004	For Biomedical Engineering
Top 50%	For 197 other topics

Quick Review

Acceptance rate: 75%
Average SAT: 1290
Average ACT: 28
Avg. cost to attend: $38,025 /y
Aid receiving: 100%
Undergraduates: 15,414
Graduates: 8,791
Male:Female Ratio: 46:54
Control: Private
not-for-profit
Highest Degree: Doctor's degree
Website: drexel.edu

Drexel University Acceptance rate and Admissions statistics

	Total	Men	Women
Acceptance Rate	75%	74%	75%
Applicants	31,824	15,562	16,262
Admissions	23,771	11,513	12,258
Freshmen enrolled full time	3,161	1,697	1,464
Freshmen enrolled part time	17	7	10

4,111 students enrolled in some distance education courses.

5,189 enrolled exclusively in distance education.

SAT scores

Among admitted applicants
2,745 or 87%
submitted SAT

25% of them
had 1190
or below

75% of them
had 1390
or below

Typical SAT scores of first-years in Drexel University are 1190-1390 (middle 50% range).

ACT scores

Among admitted applicants
710 or 22%
submitted ACT

25% of them
had 25
or below

75% of them
had 31
or below

Typical ACT scores of first-years in Drexel University are 25-31 (middle 50% range).

Admissions requirements

Recommendations	Required
SAT/ACT	Required
Secondary school GPA	Required
Secondary school record	Required
TOEFL	Required
College-preparatory program	Recommended
Formal demonstration of competencies	Recommended
Secondary school rank	Recommended
Other Tests	Neither required nor recommended

Enrollment by race or ethnicity

White	12553 (52%)
Asian	3863 (16%)
Nonresident Alien	2657 (11%)
Black or African American	1922 (8%)
Hispanic	1546 (6%)
Two or more races	857 (4%)
Race or Ethnicity unknown	769 (3%)
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander	19 (0.1%)
American Indian or Alaska Native	8 (0%)

Costs per year: Tuition, Housing, Fees

Net average cost to attend: $38,025/year
Average aid awarded: $30,416
Students receiving aid: 100%

Average costs by household income

<$30K	$25,234
$30-48K	$27,057
$48-75K	$33,324
$75-110K	$36,496
$110K+	$42,021

Tuition and fees

	Undergraduates	Graduates
Tuition in-district	$52,146	$35,181
Tuition in-state	$52,146	$35,181
Tuition out-of-state	$52,146	$35,181
Fee in-district	$2,370	$840
Fee in-state	$2,370	$840
Fee out-of-state	$2,370	$840

Room and board price

Dormitory capacity	4,168
Combined charge for room and board	$14,241
Room charge	$8,400
Meal charge	$5,841

Drexel University Majors

Major	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctoral
Registered Nursing & Registered Nurse	630	325
Mechanical Engineering	218	41	10
Medicine			243
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	102	80	11
Business & Commerce, General		156	11
Marketing & Marketing Management, General	121	26
Computer Science	118	24	4
Biology & Biological Sciences, General	133	1	6
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	90	35	15
Accounting and Finance	118	20
Law			134
Psychology, General	87	21	13
Health & Health Care Administration & Management	67	49
Accounting and Business & Management	76	37
Business Statistics	55	56
Chemical Engineering	76	19	7
Health & Medical Preparatory Programs, Other	92	5	1
Information Science & Studies	37	56	2
Educational Leadership and Administration, General		22	64
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	54	25
Library and Information Science		79
Civil Engineering, General	62	14	2
Computer Engineering, General	61	12
Physician Assistant		73
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas, Other		72
Public Health, General	16	53	2
Design and Applied Arts, Other	63	7
Liberal Arts and Sciences & Liberal Studies	65
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other		58
Construction Management	25	32
Business Administration and Management, General	57
Computer and Information Systems Security & Information Assurance	42	14
Architectural Engineering	47	2	4
Physical Therapy & Therapist			53
Music Management	51
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	39	10	1
Clinical & Medical Laboratory Science and Allied Professions, Other		49
Materials Engineering	24	14	10
Applied Behavior Analysis		48
Graphic Design	47
Sport and Fitness Administration & Management	31	14
Management Science	45
Clinical Research Coordinator		45
Game and Interactive Media Design	41
Film & Cinema & Video Studies	38
Biomedical Sciences, General		32	6
American & U.S. Law & Legal Studies & Jurisprudence		38
Environmental & Environmental Health Engineering	15	20	2
Epidemiology		36	1
Fashion & Apparel Design	27	8
Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management, General	29	5
Nutrition Sciences	11	20	2
Management Information Systems, General	33
Nurse Anesthetist		33
Computer Software Engineering	19	11
Entrepreneurship & Entrepreneurial Studies	24	1
Physics, General	14	6	5
International Business & Trade & Commerce	25
Interior Design	25
Project Management		25
Nursing Practice			25
Environmental Science	17	6	1
Architecture	24
Fine and Studio Arts Management		23
Art Therapy & Therapist		22
Higher Education & Higher Education Administration		22
Radio and Television	11	10
International & Global Studies	21
Marriage and Family Therapy & Counseling		19	2
Chemistry, General	15	2	3
Animal Sciences, Other		20
Digital Arts	19
Mathematics, General	13	3	3
Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects	19
Dance Therapy & Therapist		19
Engineering Technology, General	14	4
Microbiology and Immunology		14	4
Mental Health Counseling & Counselor	17
Hospitality Administration & Management, General	12	5
Engineering & Industrial Management		17
Advanced Legal Research & Studies, General	16
Pharmacology		16
Elementary Education and Teaching	15
Industrial and Product Design	15
Criminology	15
Culinary Science & Culinology	11	4
English Language and Literature & Letters, Other	14
Political Science and Government, General	14
Multi- & Interdisciplinary Studies, Other		14
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology		9	5
Interior Architecture		14
Mathematics Teacher Education		12
Neuroscience		6	5
Pathology & Pathologist Assistant		11
Operations Management and Supervision	10
Education, Other		3	7
Environmental Health		10
Sociology	9
Biostatistics		9
Mass Communication & Media Studies		4	5
Medical Informatics		9
Music Therapy & Therapist		9
Engineering, General	8
Environmental Studies	8
Playwriting and Screenwriting	8
Economics, General	8
Human Resources Development		8
Photography	7
Dance, Other	7
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other		7
Systems Engineering		7
Pharmaceutical Sciences		1	6
Technical Teacher Education		7
Food Science		7
Health Services & Allied Health & Health Sciences, General		7
Educational & Instructional Technology		7
History, General	6
Real Estate	5	1
Secondary Education and Teaching	5
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	5
Anthropology	5
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching		5
Publishing		5
Informatics	4
Geological and Earth Sciences & Geosciences, Other	4
Web Page, Digital & Multimedia and Information Resources Design		4
Urban Studies & Affairs		4
Oncology and Cancer Biology		4
Forensic Science and Technology		4
Criminalistics and Criminal Science		4
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions, Other			4
Culinary Arts & Chef Training	3
Visual and Performing Arts, General	3
Philosophy	3
Molecular Biology		3
Science, Technology and Society		2
Homeland Security		2
Rehabilitation Science		1	1
Public Policy Analysis, General		2
Public Policy Analysis, Other		2
Hispanic and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General	1
Grand Total	3,441	2,239	680

	Total	Men	Women
Graduation rate	69%	67%	72%
Full-time retention rate - 89% Part-time retention rate - 58%

Publications & Citations

Publications: 53,472
Citations: 2,168,012

Publication / Citation count by topic

Medicine	19,694 / 789,478
Engineering	10,583 / 425,009
Biology	9,679 / 511,764
Physics	8,328 / 484,163
Chemistry	8,046 / 396,640
Computer Science	7,007 / 279,485
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences	6,148 / 224,561
Psychology	5,737 / 354,496
Materials Science	5,409 / 268,867
Business	3,481 / 162,448
Surgery	2,606 / 103,618
Demography	2,169 / 120,758
Health Science	1,747 / 62,167
Environmental Science	1,736 / 55,137
Mathematics	1,728 / 59,768
Economics	1,561 / 64,433
Artificial Intelligence (AI)	1,452 / 53,785
Neuroscience	1,385 / 85,917
Immunology	1,268 / 70,294
Cardiology	1,268 / 37,711
Biochemistry	1,253 / 61,379
Pathology	1,232 / 59,408
Oncology and Cancer research	1,229 / 44,804
Anesthesiology	1,223 / 43,397
Psychiatry	1,193 / 90,657
Art & Design	1,159 / 18,397
Clinical Psychology	1,057 / 69,824
Public Health	1,020 / 41,709
Sociology	994 / 33,561
Physical Therapy	967 / 49,305
Nanotechnology	956 / 100,013
Anatomy and Physiology	940 / 44,448
Automation and Control engineering	921 / 20,924
Molecular Biology	908 / 48,773
Radiology and Nuclear medicine	900 / 21,237
Chemical Engineering	879 / 52,825
Healthcare Management (MHA)	820 / 16,269
Pediatrics	770 / 61,381
Critical Care Nursing	767 / 24,612
Political Science	754 / 9,864

Annual publication & citation counts

Year	Publications	Citations
1990	780	8842
1991	829	10403
1992	855	11511
1993	882	12247
1994	858	13741
1995	839	15908
1996	827	17979
1997	427	19524
1998	429	21290
1999	671	22127
2000	772	24483
2001	730	27023
2002	855	30875
2003	1024	34889
2004	1222	39547
2005	1371	45397
2006	1389	53140
2007	1517	58840
2008	1586	67590
2009	1806	76988
2010	1872	84321
2011	1981	96906
2012	2068	105415
2013	2297	117467
2014	2356	129734
2015	2458	136327
2016	2456	135514
2017	2529	139513
2018	2429	127144
2019	2543	143307
2020	2663	177194

Drexel University alumni

Katherine McNamara

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Occupations

singer actor songwriter film actor television actor

Biography

Katherine Grace McNamara is an American actress, known for playing Clary Fray on the supernatural drama television series Shadowhunters (2016–2019) and Mia Smoak in the superhero series Arrow (2018–2020). She has also starred as Julie Lawry in the post-apocalyptic miniseries The Stand (2020). Her film roles include Lily Bowman in the romantic comedy New Year's Eve (2011), Rosa in the drama A Sort of Homecoming (2015), Sonya in the dystopian science fiction film series Maze Runner (2015–2018), and Amy in the thriller Trust (2021). McNamara won a Teen Choice Award and a People's Choice Award for her work on Shadowhunters.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Born in

Nigeria

Years

1977-.. (age 44)

Occupations

writer teacher poet feminist novelist

Biography

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian writer whose works range from novels to short stories to nonfiction. She was described in The Times Literary Supplement as "the most prominent" of a "procession of critically acclaimed young anglophone authors is succeeding in attracting a new generation of readers to African literature", particularly in her second home, the United States.
Chuck Barris

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Occupations

film director television producer author

Biography

Charles Hirsch Barris was an American game show creator, producer, and host. Barris was known for hosting The Gong Show and creating The Dating Game and The Newlywed Game. He was also a songwriter who wrote "Palisades Park", recorded by Freddy Cannon. Barris wrote an autobiography titled Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, which was made into the film of the same name and directed by George Clooney.
Anandi Gopal Joshi

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Born in

India

Years

1865-1887 (aged 22)

Occupations

physician

Biography

Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi or A G Joshi was one of the first Indian female doctor of western medicine, alongside Kadambini Ganguly. She was the first woman from the erstwhile Bombay presidency of India to study and graduate with a two-year degree in western medicine in the United States. She was also referred to as Anandibai Joshi and Anandi Gopal Joshi (where Gopal came from Gopalrao, which is her husband's first name).

General info

Alternative names	Drexel
Founded	1891
Motto	Science, Industry, Art
Colors	blue, gold
Academic Calendar	September to June (quarters begin September, January, April). Also Summer Quarter (June - September)
Total FTE staff	4,731
Carnegie Classification	Doctoral Universities: Higher Research Activity

Location and Contacts

Address	3141 Chestnut St Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104 United States
City population	1,581,000
Phone	2158952000
Fax	+1 (215) 895 1414

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