Outcomes and Value
A college education is an investment. Drexel’s unique approach to learning yields solid returns.
While Drexel Dragons may hail from around the globe, they share an important distinction — each graduates ready to make an impact. Regardless of whether they choose to enter the professional world or to continue on to graduate education, our students are able to leverage the skills, knowledge, and experiences gained throughout their time as undergraduates to build their own pathway to success.
Drexel Graduates
One-Year-Out Alumni Survey, graduating class of 20231
On Co-op at Drexel
Co-op employment records for 2023–24
employers that hired co-op students.
total students employed on co-op.
gross median six-month salary for an undergraduate co-op position.5
of co-op participants working full-time had received a job offer from a former co-op employer.1
of Drexel students secured a co-op position during the academic year.
Top Geographic Distribution of Co-op Student Experiences
Cooperative Education
How Co-op Works
Drexel's innovative model of learning combines world-class academics with real-world experience, providing our Dragons the opportunity to see firsthand how the knowledge they gain in the classroom is being used every day in the field.
Select Co-op Employers
- Amazon
- Apple
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Comcast Corporation
- Drexel University
- Estee Lauder/Northtec
- Exelon
- Johnson & Johnson
- Lockheed Martin
- Merck
- Philadelphia Water Department
- Susquehanna Intl Group LLP
- Vanguard Group
Return on Investment
average full-time annual salary of a Drexel graduate one year after graduation.1
Alumni Success Stories
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Footnotes referenced in the infographic on data sources:
- Report for spring 2023 One-Year-Out Alumni and 2023 Senior Exit Surveys for those completing a bachelor’s degree. Data reflect responses to One-Year-Out Alumni Survey with an effective knowledge rate of 55.3% and Senior Exit Survey, with an effective knowledge rate of 94%. Non-respondents to the One-Year-Out Alumni Survey that indicated affirmative plans for employment or graduate school (hired by a specific company or accepted to and planning to enroll in a specific graduate school) in the Graduating Senior Exit Survey are reflected in these results.
- National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) September 2023 Salary Survey.
- Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce, 2020.
- "College Scorecard." College Scorecard. U.S. Department of Education, 2022.
- The gross median six-month salary for undergraduate co-op positions that are both full-time and paid. More than 80% of all co-op positions are paid by the employer.
- Within Pennsylvania, Drexel University ranks 10th out of 120 predominantly bachelor's or above degree granting institutions in terms of median earnings of students working and not enrolled 10 years after entry.