Drexel University, a private research university founded in 1891, offers nearly 200 programs leading to a variety of undergraduate, graduate (including doctoral), and professional degrees. Drexel University enrolls about 25,500 students across more than a dozen colleges and schools. Drexel University has one of the nation’s largest cooperative education programs.
Drexel University Online awards nine bachelor’s degrees in business administration, criminology, computing and security technology, and psychology; and about 60 master’s degree programs ranging from communication to systems engineering to cybersecurity.
Drexel Online also offers about 80 certificate programs, as well as doctoral programs in educational leadership and management, health science in rehabilitation sciences, and nursing practice. Drexel University offers some of its degree programs in an accelerated format.
Online students receive instruction from the same faculty and earn the same degrees as on-campus students. Drexel University received the Sloan-C Award for Excellence in Institution-Wide Online Education.
The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education recognizes Drexel University as a research university with high research activity. Drexel University has over $110 million in yearly expenditures for sponsored research projects. The university has traditional research strength in biotechnology, information science, basic science, engineering, and business.
U.S. News & World Report ranked Drexel University #95 in National Universities in the 2015 edition of Best Colleges. The magazine also ranked Drexel University #169 in Best Education Schools and #396 in Best Global Universities.
Bloomberg Business ranked Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business #106 among 2014 Undergraduate Business School Programs. Forbes ranked Drexel University #129 in Research Universities, while Princeton Review included Drexel in its 2015 Best 379 Colleges list.
The respected Association of Advance College Schools of Business provides accreditation to Drexel University’s Breech School of Business Administration and Economics. Drexel University also holds accreditation from the Middle State Commission on Higher Education.
