Admission Application Checklist

College of Nursing and Health Professions

  1. Graduate Admissions Application: We prefer that you submit your application online. Alternatively, you may submit the paper application.

    Apply Online or download Paper Application [PDF].

  2. Application Fee, $75 (waived for students who apply online or submit the application during a campus visit).

  3. Essay: To further aid the admissions committee in evaluating your application, you must submit a personal statement of approximately 500 words (unless otherwise specified in the requirements for your program). Please refer to the Application Requirements and Deadlines for your program's specific essay topics and requirements, if applicable, before writing the essay. If your program does not have a specific essay topic, your personal statement should detail your reasons for pursuing a degree from Drexel; your short-term and long-term career plans; and how your background, experience, interests, and/or values, when combined with a Drexel degree, will enable you to pursue these goals successfully.

  4. Letters of Recommendation: Refer to the Application Requirements and Deadlines for the number of recommendations that you are required to submit for your program. To submit recommendation letters, please use the Electronic Letter of Recommendation form.

    Alternately, you may submit your recommendation letters by mail. Letters must include the address, phone number, and signature of the recommender. The recommendation envelope must be submitted unopened to the Office of Graduate Admissions. Note: only the DrNP program and the Psychology PhD programs require a specific form letter. All other programs do not require an evaluation form.

  5. Standardized Test Scores: (GRE, GMAT, MAT, etc.) Official copies of test results must be sent to Drexel. Refer to the Application Requirements and Deadlines to determine which tests you are required to take. Drexel's test code is 2194 for the GRE and TOEFL. Drexel's test code for the MAT is 1615. Drexel does not use department codes.

  6. TOEFL: Applicants who have not received a degree in the United States are required to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). An official score report must be sent directly from the Educational Testing Service (ETS); photocopies will not be accepted.

  7. Résumé: Required for all programs.

  8. I-20 Application and Supporting Financial Documents: (international students only) Please print and complete the I-20 Application Form [PDF] and submit it with your supplemental materials.

  9. Transcripts: Official transcripts must be sent directly to Drexel from all the colleges/universities that you have attended. Transcripts must be submitted in a sealed envelope with the college/university seal over the flap.

    International Student Transcripts: Students applying to certain graduate programs must have their transcripts evaluated by an approved agency. Please check your program's Application Requirements and Deadlines.

    Please refer to the documentation requirements for the country in which the university or college you attended, or are currently attending, is located.  Contact the Office of Graduate Admissions to obtain specific documentation requirements for those countries not listed below.

If your transcripts are selected for a course-by-course evaluation by an external agency, you will be responsible for supplying all necessary documentation and paying all necessary fees to have your transcripts evaluated by the following approved agency:

World Education Services, Inc.
Bowling Green Station, P.O. Box 5087
New York, NY 10274-5087
212-966-6311

If your school issues only one transcript for life, you are required to have a course-by-course evaluation completed by this approved agency. To learn more about WES policies and procedures, please visit their website at www.wes.org.

Note: All documents that you submit, or are submitted on your behalf, in support of this application for admission to Drexel University become the property of the University, and will under no circumstances be released to you or any other party.

Nonmatriculated Students: Nonmatriculated applicants must provide a completed application, copies of transcripts, and a 500-word essay. Please contact the department directly to ensure that they allow nonmatriculated students in the class you intend to take. Nonmatriculated status is not available in the Westphal College of Media Arts and Design, School of Technology and Professional Studies, or the following programs: Clinical Psychology, Environmental Policy, Environmental Science, Law-Psychology, Psychology, and Graduate Nursing.