Drexel ranked 172 in a 4 International Colleges and Universities poll of the world’s top 200 universities based on the popularity of their Web sites. Among U.S. private institutions, Drexel ranked 25th. MIT ranked first in the 4 International Colleges and Universities poll.

4 International Colleges and Universities is an international higher education search engine and directory that reviews accredited colleges and universities around the world. The organization uses Google Page Rank, Yahoo Inbound Links and Alexa Traffic Rank to calculate the popularity of academic institutions’ Web sites. The organization covers approximately 9,200 colleges and universities in 200 countries.