How many students at Drexel? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 22,344 students have enrolled in Drexel University with 14,021 undergraduate and 8,323 graduate students.

By gender, 10,174 male and 12,170 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively many students compared to similar colleges (19,694 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Research University (very high research activity)).

4,477 students are enrolled exclusively, and 4,994 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.


Student Population by Gender

Drexel University has a total of 22,344 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 14,021 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 8,323 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 10,174 male and 12,170 female students (the male-female ratio is 46:54) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total22,34414,0218,323
Men10,1747,1643,010
Women12,1706,8575,313
Drexel University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartDrexel University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartDrexel University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 10,616 White, 2,055 Black, and 4,216 Asian students out of a total of 22,344 are attending at Drexel University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American1174
Asian4,2162,0412,175
Black2,0556751,380
Hispanic1,6866731,013
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders1165
White10,6164,8315,785
Two or more races887399488
Race Unknown553267286
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American972
Asian3,2621,6641,598
Black1,131434697
Hispanic1,114494620
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders422
White6,2883,3322,956
Two or more races587306281
Race Unknown338188150
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American202
Asian954377577
Black924241683
Hispanic572179393
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders743
White4,3281,4992,829
Two or more races30093207
Race Unknown21579136
Drexel University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartDrexel University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartDrexel University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, Drexel has 62 students under 18 years old and 26 students over 65 years old. There are 14,761 students under 25 years old, and 7,583 students over 25 years old out of 22,344 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 62 students are younger than 18 and 7 students are older than 65. Drexel has 12,877 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,144 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,884 graduate students aged under 25 and 6,439 students aged 25 and over.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18623329
18-194,5782,3402,238
20-214,9192,4292,490
22-245,2022,5802,622
25-293,7802,3201,460
30-341,509929580
35-39889571318
40-49927647280
50-64452301151
Over 6526206
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18623329
18-194,5782,3402,238
20-214,8702,4032,467
22-243,3671,3901,977
25-29523286237
30-34274163111
35-391348351
40-4914010040
50-64665313
Over 65761
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
20-21492623
22-241,8351,190645
25-293,2572,0341,223
30-341,235766469
35-39755488267
40-49787547240
50-64386248138
Over 6519145
Drexel University 2023 Student Population by Age chartDrexel University 2023 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartDrexel University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartDrexel University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartDrexel University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartDrexel University 2023 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Drexel University, 4,477 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 4,994 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,127 students lived in Pennsylvania or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,350 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students22,3444,4774,994
Undergraduate14,0219733,974
Graduate8,3233,5041,020
Online Student Population by Locality
Pennsylvania ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students2,1272,3500
Undergraduate5883850
Graduate1,5391,9650
Drexel University 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 14,021 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 574 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 4.09%.455 students have transferred in as full-time status and 119 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time12,415
Transfer-in Full-time455
Regular Part-time1,032
Transfer-in Part-time119

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