For the seventh consecutive year, Drexel has been ranked in the category of Best National Universities in “America's Best Colleges” by U.S.News & World Report. The University placed 88th overall in the 2010 rankings, a jump of 1 place from 2009 and the second time Drexel has reached the top 100.

Drexel also ranked fourth among national universities in the first U.S. News list of “Schools to Watch,”ranking the nation's top “up-and-coming schools.” The magazine asked university administrators nationwide to name schools that have demonstrated "the most promising and innovative changes in academics, faculty, students, campus, or facilities,” and Drexel was near the top of the list.

Drexel and Penn are the only Philadelphia universities ranked in the top 100 by U.S. News, joined by Carnegie Mellon, Lehigh, Penn State and the University of Pittsburgh across Pennsylvania.

The publication ranked Drexel's College of Engineering's undergraduate program 51st among engineering schools that award doctoral degrees, up from 57th.

DesignIntelligence ranked The Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design interior design programs among the top 10 in the nation The undergraduate program ranks sixth, and the graduate, ninth.

Businessweek ranked The Bennett S. LeBow College of Business part-time MBA program No. 1 in the nation for academic quality.

Drexel's Department of Public Safety has been ranked #11 among colleges/universities by Security Magazine.

Also in U.S.News & World Report:

• The College of Information Science and Technology's library and information science program is ranked 11th for Library and Information Studies Specialties: School Library Media. The College is ranked No. 5 nationally for specialized programs in information systems and No. 9 nationally for specialized programs in digital librarianship. The Master of Science in Library and Information Science (MS) is now ranked among the top 10 library science programs in the nation.
• Drexel's co-operative education program is ranked in the nation's top 20.
• The College of Nursing and Health Professions' physician assistant program is ranked among the nation's top 30 and the physical therapy and anesthesia programs are ranked among the nation's top 60.
• Drexel online programs are ranked among the best online graduate degrees in business, engineering, and library science.
• The School of Education graduate program is 9th among national private universities
• The College of Medicine is ranked 88th overall in the research category, 92nd in primary care and 16th in women's health programs. Drexel's biological sciences doctoral program is number 125.

The Bennett S. LeBow College of Business Part-Time MBA program has been named No. 1 in the nation for academic quality by BusinessWeek's 2009 MBA program rankings. The Part-Time MBA also ranked No. 1 in Greater Philadelphia and No. 10 in the nation for the second consecutive year by BusinessWeek.

Programs are rated best for job changers, and their curricula received an “A-plus” — BusinessWeek. The College, through its Laurence A. Baiada Center for Entrepreneurship in Technology, ranks second in undergraduate programs and eighth in graduate programs for entrepreneurship — Entrepreneur-Princeton Review . The Executive MBA program is ranked third in the nation for career progression and, overall, 19th in the United States and 54th in the world — Financial Times

CIO magazine presented Drexel with a 2006 CIO 100 award for being among the nation's top 100 organizations that have distinguished themselves by creating business value though the effective and innovative use of IT.

The March 2006 issue of Prism ranked Drexel's computer science program the 20th largest in the nation with respect to the number of bachelor's degrees awarded.

In October 2006, Entrepreneur Magazine ranked the LeBow College of Business 3rd in the nation for undergraduate entrepreneurship programs, and 7th for graduate programs.

In March 2006, The Financial Times ranked the LeBow College of Business' MBA in Pharmaceutical Management program as one of the Top 25 distance learning providers worldwide.

PC Magazine selected The Math Forum@Drexel as one of the “Top 101 Most Incredibly Useful Sites” in its October 14, 2003 edition.