Drexel University is a comprehensive private university in the United States. It is located in Philadelphia, PA. It was founded in 1891. It has about 20,000 students on campus and has an engineering college and a medical school. Waiting for 13 colleges. In the 2014 USNEWS comprehensive ranking of American universities, it ranked 97th, tied with Binghamton University, University of Missouri, and University of New Hampshire.