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Drexel acceptance rate

Drexel University · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Private nonprofit · 13,233 undergraduates

79.4%
accepted, fall 2024
37,314
applications
29,642
offers of admission
2,399
enrolled (8.1% of those admitted)

Applications have fallen since 2014, from 47,477 to 37,314. Most admitted students go elsewhere. Only 8.1% of those offered a place enrolled in fall 2024 (2,399 of 29,642). DePaul is the hardest to get into among the six schools closest to Drexel in size and selectivity (76%); Duquesne University is the easiest (84%).

Acceptance rate since 2001

0%25%50%75%100%2001200320052007200920112013201520172019202120242001 75%2002 72%2003 59%2004 71%2005 82%2006 77%2007 72%2008 68%2009 55%2010 55%2011 58%2012 75%2013 81%2014 76%2015 75%2016 75%2017 79%2018 77%2019 75%2020 77%2021 83%2022 80%2023 78%2024 79%
Share of first-time, first-year applicants offered admission, by fall term.
Show the numbers by year
FallAppliedAdmittedRateEnrolled
202437,31429,64279.4%2,399
202340,20431,17177.5%2,883
202237,04029,48779.6%2,935
202134,51928,52282.6%2,854
202031,23724,11277.2%2,339
201931,82423,77174.7%3,178
201830,24223,26776.9%3,361
201728,45422,48979.0%3,274
201628,53221,29874.6%2,327
201528,75721,49474.7%2,730
201447,47736,08876.0%2,928
201343,94535,81581.5%3,040
201240,58630,38274.9%3,116
201148,45027,86157.5%3,140
201048,71826,82455.1%2,861
200939,82721,72954.6%2,432
200821,45414,62168.2%2,577
200716,86712,09771.7%2,450
200615,59211,95276.7%3,785
200512,0939,94682.2%2,501
200412,5698,92271.0%2,213
200316,2839,62559.1%3,263
200210,2247,31471.5%2,120
20019,5597,18175.1%2,049

Applications and offers

020k40k60k20012004200720102013201620192024AppliedAdmitted2001 Applied: 10k Admitted: 7k2002 Applied: 10k Admitted: 7k2003 Applied: 16k Admitted: 10k2004 Applied: 13k Admitted: 9k2005 Applied: 12k Admitted: 10k2006 Applied: 16k Admitted: 12k2007 Applied: 17k Admitted: 12k2008 Applied: 21k Admitted: 15k2009 Applied: 40k Admitted: 22k2010 Applied: 49k Admitted: 27k2011 Applied: 48k Admitted: 28k2012 Applied: 41k Admitted: 30k2013 Applied: 44k Admitted: 36k2014 Applied: 47k Admitted: 36k2015 Applied: 29k Admitted: 21k2016 Applied: 29k Admitted: 21k2017 Applied: 28k Admitted: 22k2018 Applied: 30k Admitted: 23k2019 Applied: 32k Admitted: 24k2020 Applied: 31k Admitted: 24k2021 Applied: 35k Admitted: 29k2022 Applied: 37k Admitted: 29k2023 Applied: 40k Admitted: 31k2024 Applied: 37k Admitted: 30k
First-year applications received and offers made, by fall term.

Acceptance rate for women and men

Fall 2024AppliedAdmittedRate
Women18,92015,23280.5%
Men17,82913,95078.2%

SAT, ACT and test policy

Test scores in admission
Considered if submitted (test-optional)
SAT reading and writing
620 to 700 (middle 50% of enrolled students)
SAT math
620 to 740
ACT composite
27 to 32

Colleges similar to Drexel

The six private nonprofit four-year colleges closest to Drexel in acceptance rate and undergraduate enrollment.

CollegeAcceptance rateUndergraduatesAvg net priceEarnings after 10 yrs
Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, IL		82%11,737$36,340$78,431
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, PA		84%5,350$37,704$81,698
DePaul
Chicago, IL		76%14,090$27,308$75,602
Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI		81%7,660$30,561$83,810
Pace University
New York, NY		76%7,665$30,721$77,411
Savannah College of Art and Design
Savannah, GA		83%15,243$50,165$51,635

Admissions counts are first-time, first-year applicants reported by Drexel to IPEDS for each fall term (2001 to 2024), read from the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Test score ranges and policy come from the College Scorecard. College Scorecard data updated November 2, 2026. How these figures are built · Drexel on College Scorecard