Nursing at Drexel University

If you are interested in studying nursing, you may want to check out the program at Drexel University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Drexel is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 23,589. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 533 students received a bachelor's degree in nursing from Drexel.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Nursing section at the bottom of this page.

Drexel Nursing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
• Master’s Degree in Nursing
• Doctorate Degree in Nursing

Online Classes Are Available at Drexel

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Drexel offers distance education options for nursing at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Drexel Nursing Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the nursing progam at Drexel compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The nursing major at Drexel is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Nursing. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	12
Most Focused Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	90
Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	105
	186
Most Focused Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	299
Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	506
Most Focused Nursing Schools	625

In 2021, 335 students received their master’s degree in nursing from Drexel. This makes it the #23 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 14 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #193 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Nursing Graduates from Drexel Make?

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at Drexel is $72,616. This is 15% higher than $62,880, which is the national average for all nursing bachelor's degree recipients.

Nursing Student Demographics at Drexel

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at Drexel University.

Drexel Nursing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 11% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at Drexel are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Drexel University with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	82
Black or African American	48
Hispanic or Latino	33
White	330
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	36

Drexel Nursing Master’s Program

Of the 335 nursing students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Drexel, about 10% were men and 90% were women.

Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from Drexel, 70% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Drexel University with a master's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	22
Black or African American	26
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	236
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	36

Drexel also has a doctoral program available in nursing. In 2021, 14 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Nursing

The following nursing concentations are available at Drexel University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Drexel University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	871
Nurse Anesthetist	34
Nursing Practice	14

Related Majors

• Health Sciences & Services
• Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
• Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Medical Illustration & Informatics
• Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services

Careers That Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in nursing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for Drexel University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Registered Nurses	148,520	$70,390
Medical and Health Services Managers	16,410	$97,310
Nurse Practitioners	7,280	$98,250
Nursing Instructors and Professors	4,010	$78,810
Nurse Anesthetists	1,700	$171,250

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.