Drexel earned 113 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 4 in the top 1%, 34 in the top 5%, 36 in the top 10% and 39 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 23 in Most Popular for Optometry, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 113 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 4 / 34
Highest placement: #1 of 23, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 18
Placements this edition: 549
Badge cutoff: a top 15% placement in a ranking
Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2027. Data as of: July 2026.
How Many Ranking Badges Has Drexel University Earned?
Drexel University holds 113 ranking badges across 18 fields of study, 38 of them in the top 5% or better; each badge is an award for placing in the top 15% of a ranking. Our rankings are refreshed through the year as new data arrives. The awards below are from the 2027 edition. This page indicates the top award category achieved for this year. See our data sources and methodologies. College administrators who want to showcase these awards through our badge program can contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
4
Top 5%
34
Top 10%
36
Top 15%
39
Total
113
What Is Drexel University Known For?
Drexel University is best known for Health Professions: 18 of its 94 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Electromechanical Engineering, Optometry and Other Legal Professions.
In College Factual’s 2027 athletics rankings, Drexel University earned 16 badges across 12 sports, 2 of them in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #12 of 930 in Basketball.
How Does Drexel University Rank for Online Students?
In College Factual’s 2027 online-program rankings, Drexel University earned 3 badges across 3 online programs, 1 of them in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #4 of 60 in Most Popular Online for Management Information Systems.
Drexel University earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #802 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 17%).
College Factual’s rankings are built on federal education data, 2027 edition. Drexel University appears in 549 of the College Factual rankings covered on this page.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
by our College Data Analytics Team