Rankings and Achievements
Drexel is a nationally ranked global research university with over 21,000 students worldwide. Learn more about our student population and what sets Drexel apart with these fast facts.
Enrollment
- 21,153 total students
- 13,282 undergraduate students
- 7,871 graduate and professional students
- 3,351 online students
Academic Offerings
Drexel Co-op
- Founded in 1919, Drexel's cooperative education program was one of the first of its kind, and it continues to be among the largest and most renowned.
- Drexel Co-op provides professional employment experiences for students, giving them the opportunity to test-drive a career before they enter the workforce or giving graduate students the opportunity to advance their career.
- Students obtain positions with major corporations such as Amazon, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Comcast Corporation, Exelon Corporation, Google, Lockheed Martin, Susquehanna International Group LLC, and Vanguard Group.
Research
- Awarded the designation of "R1 Doctoral University — Very High Research Activity" by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions (2019), out of 39 private higher education institutions.
- Coulter-Drexel Translational Research Partnership program, recognizing leadership in bringing new technologies to market
- Disclosed 49 total new inventions and received 34 new United States patents in fiscal year 2024
Technology Leadership
- First university to require all entering students to have microcomputers (1983)
- First major university to operate a fully wireless campus, indoors and out (2000)
- First mobile Web portal service for students (2002)
- First university portal app (DrexelOne Mobile) offered across all five major mobile platforms (2011)
Drexel Online Education
- Provides Drexel degree programs through innovative, Internet-based universally accessible education
- Builds on the University's pioneering efforts in online education, which began in 1996
Top 40
Drexel is ranked among the Top 40 Comprehensive Research Universities in the U.S. by the Department of Education in its 2022 College Scorecard.
Top 50
According to U.S. News & World Reports, Drexel is in the Top 50 Private Universities in the United States.
Thomas R. Kline School of Law Professor Wendy Greene has co-crafted C.R.O.W.N. Acts and other legal reforms to fight grooming discrimination.
As an undergraduate student in Drexel University’s Charles D. Close School of Entrepreneurship, Evan Ehlers founded Sharing Excess, a now-national nonprofit dedicated to fighting food insecurity and improving the lives of at-risk community members across the country. This is a University providing students with real-world experiences that matter.
Recognizing the dire need for early detection within at-risk populations, Drexel alum Mihir Shah partnered with University faculty members and co-op students to develop the iBreast Exam, a hand-held device that can administer cancer screenings outside of traditional hospital settings.