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3500+
Students (graduate & undergraduate)
50
Patents filed or awarded
$19M
Annual research expenditures
25+
Graduate Programs
100%
Grad programs in top 50 percentile
11
Undergraduate majors
Did You Know?
Drexel is the birthplace of the
barcode
, which revolutionized commerce and industry, and of
MXenes
, the two-dimensional materials behind innovations in energy, medicine, communications and more.
Dozens of researchers within the College of Engineering are counted among the top 2% in their field for research impact. Notably,
Yuri Gogotsi
, PhD, ranks #20 worldwide for career impact in the field of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology,
Michel Barsoum
, PhD, #10 worldwide for Materials, and
Alexander Fridman
, PhD #313 for Applied Physics.
Drexel has consistently appeared on the National Academy of Inventors and Intellectual Property Owners Association’s list of the world’s top 100 universities for patents granted. With 44 issued patents from 2018 where Drexel was listed as the first assignee, the University is tied for 51st place.
In 2021, the National Academy of Engineers inducted
Charles Haas
, PhD, LD Betz Professor of Environmental Engineering to its ranks. This is one of the highest honors for engineers, and one of the many of the
achievements of the Drexel Engineering faculty
.
Rankings
#79
Best Graduate Schools – Engineering
US News & World Report, 2021
#52
Best Graduate Schools – Chemical Engineering
US News & World Report, 2021
#50
Best Graduate Schools – Civil Engineering
US News & World Report, 2021
#66
Best Graduate Schools – Computer Engineering
US News & World Report, 2021
#66
Best Graduate Schools – Electrical Engineering
US News & World Report, 2021
#45
Best Graduate Schools – Environmental Engineering
US News & World Report, 2021
#35
Best Graduate Schools – Material Engineering
US News & World Report, 2021
#59
Best Graduate Schools – Mechanical Engineering
US News & World Report, 2021
#39
Global Universities – Materials
US News & World Report, 2021
#40
Global Universities – Nanoscience and Nanomaterials
US News & World Report, 2021
#6
Best Environmental Engineering Degrees 2020
GradReports
#16
Best Master's in Mechanical Engineering 2020
GradReports
Students
Summary 2020-21
Total Students Enrolled: 3,100+
BS Degrees Granted: 558
MS Degrees Granted: 175
Doctoral Degrees Granted: 37
Enrollment Headcount Fall 2021
Undergraduate Major
Fall 2021
Architectural Engineering
147
Chemical Engineering
290
Civil Engineering
223
Computer Engineering
313
Construction Management
86
Electrical Engineering
271
Engineering (General)
4
Engineering Technology
161
Environmental Engineering
99
Materials Science and Engineering
82
Mechanical Engineering
813
Undecided
36
Total enrollment
2532
Bachelors Degrees Award 2020-21
Program/Major
BS Degrees
Architectural Engineering
26
Chemical Engineering
92
Civil Engineering
61
Computer Engineering
71
Construction Management
23
Electrical Engineering
59
Engineering (General)
1
Engineering Technology
12
Environmental Engineering
18
Materials Science and Engineering
27
Mechanical Engineering
168
Total Bachelors degrees awarded
558