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Who We Are

Drexel University's Dornsife School of Public Health is a diverse community in many ways, and our school is committed to being a welcoming community to all who join us.

Who Are Our Incoming and Continuing Students?

This table reflects data from undergraduate and graduate students for academic year 2024-2025 at the Dornsife School of Public Health.


Percent (out of 468 total)
American Indian or Alaska Native 0.2%
Asian 25.9%
Black or African American 27.4%
Hispanic 1.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0.2%
Unknown 5.8%
White 39.5%

Our student population is geographically diverse. We have students from over 35 states and international students from countries across the globe, including Bangladesh, Canada, Chad, China, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Malawi, Mexico, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, South Korea, Swaziland, Uganda, Vietnam, and Zambia.

Racial Demographics of Dornsife Faculty and Staff

In 2018 the Dornsife School of Public Health administered a survey to get a snapshot of, among other things, who we are as a school community. The following is what we discovered.


Faculty (64) Staff (56)
Asian/Asian American 5% 5%
Black/African American 14% 29%
Hispanic/Latino/Latina/Latinx 6% 4%
Native American/American Indian - -
White 67% 55%
Multi-ethnic/multi-racial 5% 5%
Choose not to disclose 3% 2%

Note that the first chart is from 2024 enrollment data, and the second chart is from a 2018 survey.