Drexel University Online

Drexel University Online is part of the Drexel University founded by the philanthropist and financier Anthony Drexel in 1981 as a non-profit educational institution. However, the co-operative education program of the University had been started in 1919.

The US News & World Report ranked the Drexel University as one of the best colleges in the United States in 2010. The university is also considered as one of the top 50 national doctoral and research universities in the country. The Drexel University Online is accredited to the Middle States Associations of Colleges and Schools of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. The Drexel University Online received the Best Practice Award for Distance Learning in 21st century from the US Distance Learning Association.

Drexel University Academic Programs

The Drexel University programs, courses, curricula, and concentrations cover critical employment-oriented fields such as science, information science, health sciences, technology, the humanities, media arts, and business. The programs are designed to shape and generate highly skilled workforce and educational instructors and make them effective leaders, communicators, and leaders. Most of the programs are based on quarter system for co-op experience, with two co-op cycles of fall and winter, as well as spring and summer. However, certain health science programs are operated on the semester system.

Drexel University Online Programs

The Drexel University Online had been offering online educational programs since 1996. The programs in the fields of education, business, engineering, and library science had been ranked among the best in the country in 2007 by the US News and World Report. Apart from the above fields, the Drexel University Online programs cover communications, nursing, clinical research, public health, psychology, toxicology, industrial hygiene, and information systems.

Students are admitted to the online programs on a rolling basis, with separate deadlines for each program. The Drexel University Online provides 88 online programs that include undergraduate certificate courses, graduate certificate courses, online certificate courses, advanced certificate courses, bachelor degree courses, post-bachelor certificate courses, master degree courses, master degree courses, and post-master certificate courses.

Drexel University Online Costs and Financial Aids

The bachelor degree programs cost between $352 and $525 for each credit, while the cost per credit for master degree programs vary from $510 to $915. Credits from previous education, certifications, etc. are accepted by the Drexel University Online. The online programs are restricted to residents of the United States and Canada. Most of the programs are entirely online, while certain programs require on-campus attendance. The Drexel University Online assists the students in obtaining variety of federal and state grants, institutional financial aid schemes, and the scholarships of the university itself.