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#61 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#74 Best Value Schools
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#54 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate
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#29 Biomedical
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#35 Civil
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#32 Electrical / Electronic / Communications
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#27 Mechanical
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#63 Best Colleges for Veterans
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#23 Most Innovative Schools
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#270 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#90 Business Programs
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#2 Co-ops/Internships
Drexel University is ranked #97 in National Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
52
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
152
Graduation and retention rank
127
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
71%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
88%
Social Mobility Rank
270
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
69%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
74%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
70%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
4
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.1
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
69
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
73
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
78%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
86%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
53%
Classes with 50 or more students
10%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
11:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
107
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
1170-1380
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
33%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
61
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
205
Average alumni giving rate
5.9%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
