Engineering at Drexel University

If you are interested in studying engineering, 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. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 211 students received their master's degree in engineering.

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

Drexel Engineering Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Engineering
• Doctorate Degree in Engineering

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.

Drexel does offer online education options in engineering for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

Drexel Engineering Rankings

There were 43 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #78 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at Drexel

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

Drexel Engineering Master’s Program

The engineering program at Drexel awarded 211 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 68% of these degrees went to men with the other 32% going to women.

In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 29% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	36
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	88
International Students	54
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

Concentrations Within Engineering

Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. 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
Biomedical Engineering	60
Computer Engineering	46
Mechanical Engineering	32
Chemical Engineering	29
Electrical Engineering	26
Materials Engineering	22
Systems Engineering	20
Environmental Engineering	12
Civil Engineering	12
Marine Engineering	6
Architectural Engineering	2

Related Majors

• Mathematics & Statistics
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Architecture & Related Services
• Agriculture & Agriculture Operations
• Physical Sciences

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering 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
Software Applications Developers	28,260	$96,370
Mechanical Engineers	16,590	$85,740
Civil Engineers	12,530	$88,740
Industrial Engineers	9,280	$86,080
Electrical Engineers	8,870	$94,870

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.