Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA · Private (nonprofit)
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Acceptance rate
69.9%
26,583 admitted
SAT · 50th
1350
Range 1260–1430
6-yr grad
77.9%
Retention 88.5%
Undergrads
12,318
9.2:1 S-F
Admissions
69.0% / 76.2%
in-state / out-of-state
admit rate spread
Applications38,030
Overall admit rate69.9%
In-state admit rate69.0%
Out-of-state admit rate76.2%
Enrolled1,948 · 7.3% yield
Very important factorsGPA, Class rank, Rigor of HS record, Test scores
Important factorsApplication essay, Character, Recs
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
Test scores
1350
SAT composite · 50th %ile
range 1260–1430 · 35.0% submitted
SAT
255075
R&W630670710
Math630680730
Comp126013501430
ACT
255075
Comp283033
Cost & aid
$61,842
tuition (full-time)
Tuition$61,842
Fees$2,370
Room & board$18,831
Books$1,200
Avg need-based grant$35,138
% need met71.0%
Academics
9.2 : 1
student-faculty ratio
88.5% retention
Student-faculty9.2 : 1
Retention88.5%
4-year graduation30.5%
6-year graduation77.9%
Enrollment
12,318
undergraduates
42.0% out-of-state · 214 intl freshmen
Total undergraduates12,318
First-year1,948
Transfer499
Full-time93%
Female48%
Out-of-state42.0%
International (freshmen)214
Rankings
#7
Princeton Review
Undergraduate Colleges for Game Design
SourceListRankYr
Princeton ReviewUndergraduate Colleges for Game Design#726
Princeton ReviewUndergraduate Colleges for Entrepreneurship#2226
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Engineering Programs (Doctorate)#6426
U.S. News & World ReportTop Performers on Social Mobility — National Universities#7426
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Computer Science Programs#7826
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Universities#8026
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Business Programs#10926
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Classifications & designations
R1 Research University
Carnegie Classification
131 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationR1 Research University131
Athletic conferenceCoastal Athletic Association9
Athletic divisionNCAA D142
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingPennsylvania colleges21
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
Application timeline & requirements
$65
application fee
waivable
Regular decision15-Jan → 1-Apr → 1-May
Early decision15-Nov → 15-Dec · binding
Early action15-Nov → 15-Dec
Deferred admissionAllowed
Test policyRequired for some
HS units required3 Math, 1 Sci, 1 SciLab
Admissions URLhttps://drexel.edu/admissions
Admissions emailenroll@drexel.edu
Admissions phone(215)895-2400
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
Temple University
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Temple University PA · Public86.2%120021K
Penn State University Park PA · Public1340
Northeastern University MA · Private (nonprofit)5.6%148022K
Rochester Institute of Technology NY · Private (nonprofit)71.1%138014K
University of Pittsburgh PA · Public59.5%21K
George Washington University DC · Private (nonprofit)43.5%142011K
Syracuse University NY · Private (nonprofit)45.9%134015K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.

Official Common Data Set Documents — Drexel University

11 years of Drexel University's officially published CDS, archived by CollegeNumbers. PDF and spreadsheet originals exactly as the school filed them.