Anti-Racism Demographic Dashboard
The Anti-Racism Demographic Dashboard reflects the access, achievement and representation opportunities on which Drexel's Anti-Racism Task Force based their recommendations for the University. Using data from Tableau, the dashboard conveys racial demographic trends and breakdowns among undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and professional staff over the course of the past few years. We will continue to build out this dashboard with more data for the University to use as a reference and accountability measure as we review and monitor the progress of the implementation plans that are developed based on the Anti-Racism Task Force’s final recommendations.
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Student Recruitment




Full-time, First-time, Undergraduate Applicants |
|
Fall 2016 |
Fall 2017 |
Fall 2018 |
Fall 2019 |
Fall 2020 |
White Applicants |
11,225 |
10,954 |
11,416 |
11,813 |
11,323 |
African American/Black Applicants |
3,264 |
3,185 |
3,507 |
3,834 |
3,770 |
Other Race/Ethnicity Applicants |
14,043 |
14,315 |
15,319 |
16,177 |
16,144 |
White Admits |
9,473 |
9,579 |
9,843 |
9,847 |
9,724 |
White Admit Rate |
84.4% |
87.4% |
86.2% |
83.4% |
85.9% |
African American/Black Admits |
1,538 |
1,822 |
1,778 |
1,891 |
1,995 |
African American/Black Admit Rate |
47.1% |
57.2% |
50.7% |
49.3% |
52.9% |
Other Race/Ethnicity Admits |
10,287 |
11,088 |
11,646 |
12,033 |
12,393 |
Other Race/Ethnicity Admit Rates |
73.3% |
77.5% |
76.0% |
74.4% |
76.8% |
Full-time Graduates - Applicants |
|
Fall 2016 |
Fall 2017 |
Fall 2018 |
Fall 2019 |
Fall 2020 |
White Applicants |
8,952 |
9,949 |
10,093 |
9,954 |
9,595 |
African American/Black Applicants |
1,327 |
1,887 |
1,912 |
1,905 |
1,918 |
Other Race/Ethnicity Applicants |
11,525 |
12,264 |
11,198 |
11,251 |
11,612 |
White Admits |
1,485 |
1,743 |
1,976 |
1,812 |
1,868 |
White Admit Rate |
16.6% |
17.5% |
19.6% |
18.2% |
19.5% |
African American/Black Admits |
239 |
288 |
350 |
313 |
425 |
African American/Black Admit Rate |
18.0% |
15.3% |
18.3% |
16.4% |
22.2% |
Other Race/Ethnicity Admits |
2,984 |
2,619 |
2,409 |
2,203 |
2,591 |
Other Race/Ethnicity Admit Rates |
25.9% |
21.4% |
21.5% |
19.6% |
22.3% |
Full-time, First-time Undergraduates Enrolled |
|
Fall 2016 |
Fall 2017 |
Fall 2018 |
Fall 2019 |
Fall 2020 |
White Enrolled |
1,161 |
1,679 |
1,672 |
1,516 |
1,126 |
White Yield Rate |
12.3% |
17.5% |
17.0% |
15.4% |
11.6% |
African American/Black Enrolled |
151 |
194 |
175 |
167 |
141 |
African American/Black Yield Rate |
9.8% |
10.6% |
9.8% |
8.8% |
7.1% |
Other Race/Ethnicity Enrolled |
1,012 |
1,395 |
1,506 |
1,478 |
1,055 |
Other Race/Ethnicity Yield Rate |
9.8% |
12.6% |
12.9% |
12.3% |
8.5% |
Full-time Graduate - Enrolled |
|
Fall 2016 |
Fall 2017 |
Fall 2018 |
Fall 2019 |
Fall 2020 |
White Enrolled |
596 |
653 |
704 |
630 |
660 |
White Yield Rate |
40.1% |
37.5% |
35.6% |
34.8% |
35.3% |
African American/Black Enrolled |
134 |
112 |
152 |
116 |
169 |
African American/Black Yield Rate |
56.1% |
38.9% |
43.4% |
37.1% |
39.8% |
Other Race/Ethnicity Enrolled |
774 |
696 |
656 |
720 |
575 |
Other Race/Ethnicity Yield Rate |
25.9% |
26.6% |
27.2% |
32.7% |
22.3% |
Six-Year Graduation Rate

Undergraduate Six-year Graduation Rate |
|
Black/African American |
White |
10/11 |
53% |
73% |
11/12 |
53% |
71% |
12/13 |
59% |
75% |
13/14 |
55% |
72% |
14/15 |
60% |
72% |
Graduate Six-year Graduation Rate |
|
Black/African American |
White |
10/11 |
76% |
88% |
11/12 |
79% |
86% |
12/13 |
88% |
89% |
13/14 |
79% |
89% |
14/15 |
78% |
89% |
Undergraduate Applicant Recruitment Regions

Undergraduate Applicant Recruitment Regions |
|
Fall 2016 |
Fall 2017 |
Fall 2018 |
Fall 2019 |
Fall 2020 |
Total Applicants |
28,528 |
28,450 |
30,368 |
31,971 |
31,334 |
% of Total Applicants from the Greater Philadelphia Region |
25.8% |
26.4% |
27.5% |
27.5% |
25.3% |
% of Total Applicants from U.S. Northeast and Mid-Atlantic |
43.8% |
41.7% |
41.8% |
42.9% |
43.5% |
% of Total Applicants from Other U.S. Regions or International Address |
30.4% |
31.8% |
30.7% |
29.6% |
31.2% |
% of Applicants from the Greater Philadelphia Region that are African American/Black |
13.9% |
14.9% |
14.6% |
14.4% |
15.0% |
% of Applicants from U.S. Northeast and Mid-Atlantic that are African American/Black |
13.5% |
12.7% |
13.2% |
13.9% |
14.2% |
% of Applicants from Other U.S. Regions of International Address that are African American/Black |
6.4% |
6.0% |
6.6% |
7.0% |
6.7% |
Faculty/Professional Staff



Faculty Headcounts (College) |
|
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Faculty Headcount |
2,553 |
2,461 |
2,480 |
2,390 |
2,197 |
% Black/African American |
5.8% |
6.5% |
6.8% |
6.5% |
6.7% |
African American/Black Faculty |
147 |
159 |
168 |
155 |
148 |
% White |
74.5% |
74.4% |
73.3% |
73.8% |
73.1% |
White Faculty |
1,901 |
1,831 |
1,817 |
1,764 |
1,606 |
Other Race/Ethnicity |
505 |
471 |
495 |
471 |
443 |
% Other |
19.8% |
19.1% |
20.0% |
19.7% |
20.2% |
Professional Staff Headcounts (College) |
|
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Professional Staff Headcount |
3,340 |
3,299 |
3,345 |
3,051 |
2,729 |
% Black/African American |
20.5% |
21.5% |
20.9% |
20.2% |
19.0% |
African American/Black Professional Staff |
685 |
709 |
700 |
615 |
518 |
% White |
61.7% |
60.4% |
60.3% |
61.0% |
62.0% |
White Professional Staff |
2,060 |
1,994 |
2,018 |
1,861 |
1,693 |
Other Race/Ethnicity |
595 |
596 |
627 |
575 |
518 |
% Other |
17.8% |
18.1% |
18.7% |
18.8% |
19.0% |
|
Executive |
Managerial |
Faculty |
Other professionals |
Technical and paraprofessional |
Clerical and secretarial |
Skilled crafts |
Service/Maintenance |
Black/African American |
5 |
56 |
68 |
234 |
36 |
129 |
25 |
102 |
% Black/African American |
9.8% |
12.1% |
4.8% |
14.4% |
30.8% |
36.1% |
17.7% |
59.0% |
White |
39 |
355 |
1,061 |
1,122 |
66 |
171 |
100 |
53 |
% White |
76.5% |
76.8% |
74.6% |
69.2% |
56.4% |
47.9% |
70.9% |
30.6% |
Other Race/Ethnicity |
7 |
51 |
293 |
266 |
15 |
57 |
16 |
18 |
% Other |
13.7% |
11.0% |
20.6% |
16.4% |
12.8% |
16.0% |
11.3% |
10.4% |
Grand Total |
51 |
462 |
1,422 |
1,622 |
117 |
357 |
141 |
173 |
*Job Group Descriptions
- Executive: This category includes positions that have as their primary responsibility the planning, direction and formulation of policies, setting strategy and providing the overall direction of the University, within the parameters approved by boards of trustees. This category includes individuals within two reporting levels of the President.
- Managerial: This category includes individuals who serve as managers, other than those who serve as Executive.
- Faculty: This category include faculty administrators, professors, associate professors, assistant professors, and other faculty.
- Other Professionals: This category includes positions that require either college graduation or experience of such kind and such amount as to provide a comparable background.
- Technical/Paraprofessionals: This category of positions includes assignments requiring specialized knowledge or skills which may be acquired through experience or academic work such as is offered in many two-year technical institutes, junior colleges or through equivalent on-the-job training. Included are positions such as computer programmers and operators, drafters, engineering aides, dietitians, scientific assistants, and similar occupations not properly classifiable in other occupational categories but which are institutionally defined as technical assignments. Included at the lower levels of this category are duties of a supportive professional or technical nature, requiring less formal training, and acquired through a system of staff development and promotion.
- Clerical/Secretarial: This category includes positions whose assignments are typically associated with clerical activities or which are specifically secretarial in nature.
- Skilled Crafts: Positions in this category typically required special manual skills and a thorough and comprehensive knowledge of the processes involved in the work, acquired through on-the-job training and experience through apprenticeship or other formal training programs. Examples would include mechanics, repairers, electricians, stationary engineers, skilled machinists, carpenters, compositors and typesetters.
- Service Maintenance: Positions in this category required limited degrees of previously acquired skills and knowledge. Examples include laundry and dry-cleaning operatives, cafeteria and restaurant workers, truck drivers, bus drivers, garage laborers, custodial personnel, gardeners and grounds keepers, refuse collectors, construction laborers, and security personnel.