Drexel University

Private nonprofit school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 13,233 undergraduates. School website

95.9%
first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate, BSN, last 3 years pooled
$37,529
average net price a year, after grants and scholarships
$95,930
median pay of BSN graduates one year after finishing

How it compares

  • Over its last 3 reporting years, Drexel University's BSN graduates passed the NCLEX-RN on their first try 95.9% of the time (1,102 test-takers), 4.7 points above the Pennsylvania BSN average of 91.2%.
  • That puts it 8th of 40 ranked BSN programs in Pennsylvania on first-time pass rate.
  • Its average net price of $37,529 a year is $12,010 above the $25,519 median of the 39 ranked programs with a published price.
  • Its first-time pass rate fell 1.1 points between FY2023 and FY2025.

NCLEX pass rate by year

Bachelor's (BSN), first-time NCLEX-RN
  • FY2023 451 first-time takers95.3%
  • FY2024 343 first-time takers98.3%
  • FY2025 308 first-time takers94.2%

Pennsylvania BSN average, latest year: 91.2%

Source: Pennsylvania board of nursing, fiscal (Oct-Sep). Listed by the board as Drexel University BSN.

Nursing programs at Drexel University

Nursing programs at Drexel University
ProgramGraduates in 2023–24Median loan debtPay 1 year outAccredited byOnline option
Bachelor's (BSN)381$12,500$95,930CCNEPartly
Master's (MSN)303$51,250$118,536CCNENo

Graduates are IPEDS completions for 2023–24 and include RN-to-BSN completers. Debt is the median federal loan balance of graduates who borrowed; pay is the median earnings of graduates working one year out (2024 dollars). Both from the College Scorecard. A dash means the figure is not published. “Partly” means some, but not all, of the school's programs at this level can be completed fully online, such as an RN-to-BSN track.

About these figures

78% of first-time, full-time students at Drexel University finish within 150% of normal time (whole school, not nursing alone). Pass rates, cost and pay come from public sources listed on data sources and are combined by the method on how we rank programs. We do not accept payment to change a school's listing.

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