Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA · Private nonprofit · 13,233 undergrads (medium, city) · website ↗

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$50 application fee

What you'll actually pay

Average net price per year — tuition, fees, room & board minus grant and scholarship aid — for in-state students by household income.

Household income	Avg net price / year
Under $30,000	$28,055
$30,000 – $48,000	$29,435
$48,000 – $75,000	$34,970
$75,000 – $110,000	$37,842
Over $110,000	$48,089
All incomes (average)	$38,509

Sticker tuition and fees: $62,412 in-state — before aid, from the same earlier College Scorecard release as the net prices above.

These are averages. For an estimate for your family, use Drexel University's own net price calculator — every college that takes federal student aid must publish one.

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Other costs of attendance, 2025–26

The college's own estimate for a full-time undergraduate for the year, before aid, from the October 2026 College Scorecard. It is a newer year than the tuition and net prices above, so don't add the two together.

Housing and meals, on campus	$18,831
Housing and meals, off campus (not with family)	$19,710
Books and supplies	$1,700
Other expenses, on campus	$1,500
Other expenses, off campus	$1,500

Grants and loans for first-year students, 2022–23

What the college reported for its full-time, first-time students (2,914 of them) in 2022–23; 99% got some kind of aid, loans included. Each average is over the students who received that kind of aid, not over everyone. It is an older year than the 2025–26 costs above.

Type of aid	Students awarded	Average amount
Any grant or scholarshipFederal, state, local and the college's own	99%	$33,654
Federal Pell GrantNeed-based, from the federal government	29%	$5,583
The college's own grants and scholarshipsNeed- or merit-based, funded by the college	99%	$31,109
Federal student loansBorrowed by the student; repaid with interest. No Parent PLUS or private loans	60%	$5,291

IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education, Student Financial Aid 2022–23 (SFA2223, provisional release); full-time, first-time degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates; public domain.

Admissions & outcomes

Acceptance rate: 79%
Average SAT: 1345
Median ACT: 29
Students with Pell grants: 27%
Graduation rate (6yr): 78%
Freshman retention: 90%
Median earnings @ 10yr: $84,648
Median debt at graduation: $25,325
International undergrads: 1,182 (8.7%)

For comparison, the median across all 1,596 four-year colleges on this site: graduation rate 56%, earnings ten years after entering $54,869, debt at graduation $23,250.

Admission policy, test scores and teaching

SAT/ACT policy: Test-optional
Application fee: $50
Students per faculty member: 9 to 1
Faculty who are full-time: 58%
Open admission: No

Middle 50% of test scores, fall 2024

25th to 75th percentile of enrolled first-year students who submitted scores. A quarter scored below the first figure and a quarter above the second. Section ranges can't be added together into a total-score range.

SAT Reading and Writing: 620–700
SAT Math: 620–740
ACT composite: 27–32

What the college considers in admission decisions, fall 2023

How the college said it used each item when deciding on first-time, degree- or certificate-seeking applicants for fall 2023. For SAT and ACT scores, see the fall 2024 policy above.

High school GPA	Required
High school class rank	Considered if submitted
High school record	Required
Completion of a college-preparatory program	Considered if submitted
Recommendations	Required
Formal demonstration of competencies (e.g. portfolio)	Required
English proficiency test (for applicable students)	Required
Other test (Wonderlic, WISC-III, etc.)	Not considered
Work experience	Considered if submitted
Personal statement or essay	Required
Legacy status	Not considered

First-time applicants: 40,204
Admitted: 31,171
Enrolled: 2,883

Counts of first-time, degree- or certificate-seeking students, including early decision and early action. The acceptance rate higher up this page comes from a different College Scorecard release, so it may not match these counts.

IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education, Admissions 2023–24 (ADM2023, provisional release), fall 2023; open admission from IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 (revised); public domain.

Most popular fields of study

Share of bachelor's degrees awarded.

Health & Nursing18%

Engineering16%

Business16%

Visual & Performing Arts11%

Computer Science11%

Biology & Life Sciences4%

Psychology3%

Social Sciences3%

Foreign Languages2%

Architecture2%

Earnings and debt by field of study

Median annual earnings of graduates who received federal student aid and were working, not studying: one year after completing (graduates of 2020–21 and 2021–22) and four years after (2017–18 and 2018–19), measured in 2022 and 2023 and shown in 2024 dollars. Median debt is federal Direct and Grad PLUS loans borrowed at this college by 2022–23 and 2023–24 graduates; it leaves out Parent PLUS and private loans. “National” is the median for the same field and credential across all US colleges.

Bachelor's degrees (55)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	381	$95,930	$100,646national $88,910	$12,500
Accounting and Related Services	240	$74,446	$100,317national $76,194	$26,000
Computer Science	192	$89,683	$113,610national $107,009	$27,000
Biology, General	156	$45,187	$72,197national $57,214	$24,832
Mechanical Engineering	155	$78,977	$93,638national $92,135	$29,325
Marketing	134	$61,010	$89,486national $69,303	$27,000
Data Analytics	121	—	—	$25,458
Design and Applied Arts	111	$50,567	$66,294national $51,490	$25,923
Computer Engineering	107	$93,353	$117,537national $109,015	$27,000
Biomedical/Medical Engineering	101	$73,731	$101,362national $93,451	$29,666
Business Administration, Management and Operations	96	$64,839	$84,040national $68,257	$25,000
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs	89	$34,872	$95,081national $61,911	$23,916
Research and Experimental Psychology	80	$44,334	—national $55,695	$27,000
Management Information Systems and Services	77	$77,065	$101,790national $83,290	$25,000
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management	76	$78,924	$101,488national $85,063	$27,000
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management	63	$35,030	$54,328national $48,240	$24,500
Computer Software and Media Applications	62	$25,721	—national $58,894	$31,000
Chemical Engineering	55	$85,445	$99,338national $98,158	$29,000
Civil Engineering	54	$76,518	$84,992national $86,517	$29,250
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering	53	$84,372	$102,978national $100,647	$29,000
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	46	$52,320	$84,166national $53,072	$27,000
Film/Video and Photographic Arts	46	$36,908	$42,980national $43,765	$21,500
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	40	$49,873	$66,750national $63,560	$27,000
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations	40	$50,499	$71,613national $61,027	$22,875
Health and Medical Administrative Services	39	$56,096	$65,999national $58,716	$25,000
Architecture	37	$68,070	$72,915national $66,914	$30,000
Architectural Engineering	37	$76,062	$85,839national $89,406	$29,833
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	37	$75,103	$104,599national $86,176	$27,000
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	36	$49,337	$54,571national $47,382	$27,000
Economics	36	$77,900	$98,178national $82,686	$27,000
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness	33	$44,976	$58,488national $54,562	$22,500
International Business	32	$65,215	$94,595national $73,201	$25,000
Mathematics	28	—	$98,709national $69,562	$23,000
Political Science and Government	27	$45,113	$66,756national $63,293	$25,000
Construction Management	23	$78,338	$105,887national $95,124	$31,000
Natural Resources Conservation and Research	22	$38,455	$58,495national $55,012	$31,000
Information Science/Studies	20	$73,172	$98,548national $85,294	$23,000
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	20	$72,403	—national $81,171	$31,000
International/Globalization Studies	19	$50,370	$72,375national $59,972	$25,146
Criminology	18	$43,464	$58,751national $55,556	$24,645
Real Estate	18	$67,672	—national $84,821	$30,250
Materials Engineering	17	$84,983	$94,694national $91,449	$31,000
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies	17	$63,974	$87,416national $62,654	$27,000
Chemistry	17	$60,075	$82,185national $65,120	$26,378
Public Health	13	—	$72,736national $58,808	$22,375
Graphic Communications	12	$29,943	—national $43,283	$27,000
Physics	11	$81,707	—national $76,786	—
Culinary Arts and Related Services	10	—	$48,094national $47,668	—
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions	9	$42,622	$54,395national $52,119	$27,000
Legal Professions and Studies, Other	3	—	$93,811national $57,149	—
Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General	0	$77,839	$97,379national $80,526	$31,000
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	—	$69,354	$92,778national $55,693	$27,000
Psychology, General	0	—	$63,287national $50,706	—
Business/Commerce, General	0	—	$86,878national $68,407	—
Finance and Financial Management Services	0	—	$121,832national $83,343	—

Master's degrees (48)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	303	$118,536	$126,827national $120,193	$51,250
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	149	—	$155,026national $124,807	$41,000
Health and Medical Administrative Services	89	$108,031	$98,899national $89,981	$41,000
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other	84	$55,768	—national $77,545	$63,136
Public Health	79	$62,645	$76,628national $82,751	$58,898
Business Administration, Management and Operations	78	$87,207	$120,812national $103,485	$43,261
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	69	$123,911	$137,232national $127,347	$134,797
Biomedical/Medical Engineering	66	$81,370	$104,990national $106,375	$41,000
Computer Science	64	$112,811	$188,550national $145,571	—
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	61	$65,617	$89,003national $82,527	$64,409
Computer Engineering	55	$101,464	$154,648national $136,736	—
Library Science and Administration	52	$47,854	$56,671national $56,301	$40,967
Human Computer Interaction	43	—	—national $115,403	$41,000
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	39	$58,344	$62,786national $63,707	$47,214
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management	36	—	—national $121,855	$41,000
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions	36	$63,369	$64,317national $71,416	$89,101
Mechanical Engineering	31	$91,398	$121,560national $115,974	—
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology	31	$59,338	$73,898national $65,184	$46,125
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions	29	$42,149	$65,325national $90,984	$95,044
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions	29	$55,641	$57,006national $59,571	$93,912
Information Science/Studies	28	$103,290	$109,576national $112,705	$41,000
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies	27	$83,018	$67,634national $101,000	$44,889
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology	27	$73,213	$98,009national $84,750	$61,500
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	25	$63,210	—national $55,035	$41,000
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management	21	$52,236	$59,030national $59,685	$35,875
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering	20	$112,200	$127,488national $133,654	—
Biology, General	19	$48,528	$100,989national $69,830	$41,000
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology	19	$75,687	—national $80,271	—
Engineering-Related Fields	18	—	$132,745national $125,651	—
Systems Engineering	17	$124,652	—national $144,565	—
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	16	$66,063	$70,518national $80,125	—
Chemical Engineering	13	$86,566	$116,242national $115,468	—
Pharmacology and Toxicology	13	$93,782	—national $92,305	—
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services	11	$101,287	$105,989national $162,386	—
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication	10	$63,516	—national $75,972	—
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	10	—	$81,578national $92,629	—
Public Policy Analysis	10	$80,296	—national $93,020	—
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness	9	—	$79,407national $62,033	—
Civil Engineering	8	$81,103	$93,155national $98,323	—
Business/Commerce, General	8	$113,962	$142,843national $125,988	$41,000
Design and Applied Arts	7	—	$80,986national $70,073	—
Educational Administration and Supervision	6	$66,908	$78,176national $71,685	—
Nutrition Sciences	5	—	$73,186national $67,126	—
Human Resources Management and Services	5	—	$87,564national $83,558	—
Construction Management	5	—	$121,599national $112,166	—
Interior Architecture	0	$64,347	—national $66,993	—
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General	0	—	$135,982national $78,149	—
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services	—	$68,177	$71,853national $67,030	$67,969

First professional degrees (2)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Medicine	254	$68,105	$95,437national $112,460	$284,748
Law	136	$72,824	$95,933national $107,773	$105,404

Doctoral degrees (6)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Educational Administration and Supervision	93	$108,315	$111,846national $100,573	$70,008
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions	6	$77,849	$84,960national $82,893	$121,839
Psychology, General	0	—	$111,849national $98,707	—
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services	—	$85,966	$89,233national $88,343	$172,222
Optometry	—	$115,787	—national $133,744	$228,565
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	0	—	$146,209national $138,131	—

Graduate certificates (4)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Educational Administration and Supervision	15	—	$95,622national $86,288	—
Alternative and Complementary Medicine and Medical Systems	4	—	$116,187national $60,830	—
Engineering-Related Fields	3	—	$111,648national $121,041	—
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	0	$47,655	—national $63,709	—

Post-baccalaureate certificates (3)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	—	—	—national $60,439	$27,000
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	—	$57,377	—	$21,500
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	—	$65,253	—	$26,500

A dash means the Department of Education suppressed the figure because too few graduates were measured — not zero. 218 more programmes at this college have every figure suppressed and are not listed.

Contact and accreditation

Address: 3141 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: (215) 895-2000
Institutional accreditor: Middle States Commission on Higher Education

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts) and IPEDS Fall Enrolment for international student counts. College Scorecard, October 2026 release: net price calculator link, mission flags and religious affiliation (2025–26), enrolment shares, test policy, SAT/ACT ranges and student-to-faculty ratio (fall 2024), cost-of-attendance components (2025–26), and earnings and debt by field of study. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 for the application fee and the IPEDS 2024 directory for the phone number. IPEDS Admissions 2023–24 (ADM2023, provisional release) for admission requirements and first-time applicants, admits and enrolments (fall 2023). IPEDS Student Financial Aid 2022–23 (SFA2223, provisional release) for grants and loans to full-time, first-time students. All are U.S. Department of Education data in the public domain. Verify current costs and requirements with the school.

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