Drexel University

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Everything we know

From this institution's Wikidata record. Figures that change every year show the latest value; earlier years and longer lists open with a click.

About

instance of	research university private not-for-profit educational institution
inception	1891
founder	Anthony Joseph Drexel
named after	Anthony Joseph Drexel
legal form	Nonprofit Corporation
industry	higher education
academic calendar type	academic quarter

Location and contact

country	United States
located in the administrative territorial entity	Philadelphia
street address	3141 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA, 19104
postal code	19104
coordinate location	39.9564, -75.1887
official website	https://drexel.edu/ · language of work or name: English

People and numbers

count of students	23,589 · September 2020 19,328 · full-time equivalent · 1 September 2021
employees	4,919 · September 2020
admission rate	77% · 2020
admission yield rate	10% · 2020

Rankings and recognition

Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education	doctoral universities: very high research activity · 2021 majority undergraduate research doctoral: comprehensive programs, with medical/veterinary school four-year, large, primarily residential four-year, full-time, more selective, higher transfer-in professions focus, high graduate coexistence

Finances

endowment	$948,412,572 · 30 June 2022 Earlier figures (2) $965,854,299 · 30 June 2021 $798,335,000 · 30 June 2020
total assets	$2,325,554,000 · 30 June 2020
funder	Open Society Foundations · prize money: $88,044 · award rationale: to support the Jonathan Mann Global Health and Human Rights Initiative to advance research, training and advocacy related to human rights and the impact of COVID-19 in marginalized and/or criminalized populations in Asia · 2020

Structure and memberships

child organization or unit	Office of Research, Drexel University
has part(s)	Anthony J. Drexel Picture Gallery
affiliation	Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Association of Independent Technological Universities
member of	Digital Library Federation Biodiversity Heritage Library ORCID, Inc. · October 2023 Association of American Colleges and Universities American Council on Education 3 more Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship · since 2022 Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities Council on Governmental Relations
owner of	Centennial National Bank WKDU
athletics program	Drexel Dragons

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (2)

image	Drexel Main Building c.1892.jpg · media legend: Drexel University i 1892 (nb)
logo image	Drexel-logo.png

Wikimedia and technical details (7)

Commons category	Drexel University
topic's main category	Category:Drexel University
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:Drexel University alumni
category for employees of the organization	Category:Drexel University faculty
described by source	New International Encyclopedia · statement is subject of: The New International Encyclopædia/Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry
Commons gallery	Drexel University
social media followers	28,636 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 17809006 · 9 February 2023 12,649 · subreddit: drexel · 24 May 2023 Earlier figures (3) 27,928 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 17809006 · 26 February 2022 26,925 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 17809006 · 7 January 2021 26,286 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 17809006 · 19 April 2020

Identifiers in other databases (39)

ARWU university ID	Drexel-University
Crunchbase organization ID	drexel-university
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID	topic/Drexel-University · subject named as: Drexel University
Facebook username	drexeluniv
Freebase ID	/m/029d_
GeoNames ID	4557610
GND ID	94082-3
GNIS Feature ID	1173477
Google Maps Customer ID	1077255193218527472
Google Scholar organization ID	9755387805931913599
GRID ID	grid.166341.7
Harper's tag	drexel-university
Instagram username	drexeluniv
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System ID	212054
ISNI	0000000121813113
J9U entity ID	987007580112405171
KISTI ID	K000207083
Legal Entity Identifier	549300RXRAP8Z6RPOM40
Library of Congress Authorities ID	n50075769
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)	72816309
MusicBrainz place ID	baf9f1a1-f169-4bdb-8391-c9f3a45779be
Open Funder Registry funder ID	100008211
OpenAlex ID	I72816309
OpenStreetMap relation ID	16683658
QS World University ID	drexel-university
Quora topic ID	Drexel-University
Ringgold ID	6527
ROR ID	04bdffz58
SEVIS school ID	8803
SNARC ID	Q48656
subreddit	Drexel · language of work or name: English · subject named as: Drexel University · 24 May 2023
TikTok username	drexeluniv
Times Higher Education World University ID	drexel-university
U-Multirank university ID	drexel-university
VIAF cluster ID	148782158
X (Twitter) username	drexeluniv · has characteristic: verified account or profile · number of subscribers: 26,286 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 17809006 · 19 April 2020
Zhihu topic ID	19974107 · subject named as: Drexel University
‎Scilit organization ID	2016
‎Yale LUX ID	group/017859e8-c3c9-4cea-82d5-718bad5c71af