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# Drexel University Acceptance Rate & Admissions

Updated October 1, 2026

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## What is the acceptance rate at Drexel University?

Drexel University’s reported acceptance rate is 79.4%.

**Acceptance rate · Fall 2024**
79.4%

Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.

First-year applicants and admitted students · CDS 2025-26

**Applicants**
38,030

**Admitted**
26,583

Source: Drexel University Common Data Set 2025-26, C1 · first-time, first-year students.

How to interpret the acceptance rate

Drexel University admits 79.4% of applicants, a rate that sits near the median of 47.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size). In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 38,030 applicants and 26,583 admitted students.

## What SAT and ACT scores do Drexel University students report?

In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported that 27% of the entering class reported a high-school class rank. Among those who did, 32% finished in the highest tenth and 63% in the highest quarter.

For enrolled students who submitted SAT scores, the middle half scored between 1,240 and 1,440. The corresponding ACT range is 27 to 32.

These ranges describe the twenty-fifth through seventy-fifth percentiles of recent enrolled score submitters, not every enrolled student or a minimum for admission. Applicants can compare their own results with the university's score ranges and class-rank shares, keeping in mind that the figures describe recent enrolled students.

The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Drexel University. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.

SAT: approximate enrolled-student range

**Approximate lower endpoint**
1240

**Approximate upper endpoint**
1440

Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff. The endpoints add section percentiles; they are not verified composite-score percentiles. A separate SAT-equivalent average is not plotted as a median. Source: College Scorecard; sum of section 25th/75th percentiles; enrolled score-submitters.

ACT: enrolled-student score range

**25th percentile**
27

**75th percentile**
32

Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff.

Figures cover fall 2024.

## Who enrolls at Drexel University?

**Pell Grant recipients**
26.8%

**Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group**
23.8%

**First-year retention**
89.5%

Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.

About these student measures

The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.

Undergraduate enrollment at Drexel University is 13,233, and the student body includes both recent high-school graduates and students arriving from other institutions. 26.8% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants, while an estimated 23.8% enter as transfers or part-time students.

The student body therefore includes both Pell recipients and students who began their studies elsewhere. In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 38,030 degree-seeking first-year applicants and 26,583 admitted students.

Pell-eligible and transfer applicants should check the cost calculator for their own net-price estimate before deciding.

First-time full-time students at Drexel University return for a second year at a rate of 89.5%, a figure that sits above the peer median of 90.1% for comparable institutions. The [six-year graduation rate](/analysis/what-the-graduation-rate-doesnt-count/) for that cohort is 78.2%, surpassing the peer median of 80.0%.

For Pell Grant recipients, the six-year completion rate is 60.0%, a figure that sits below the overall rate by 18.2 percentage points. Enrolled students can expect strong first-year persistence and six-year graduation outcomes that exceed the peer median, while Pell recipients should expect a completion rate below the overall cohort.

## Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: [methodology](/methodology/).

Analysis and methodology by [Daniel Rogers](/about/#founder), founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. [About College Azimuth](/about/).