A Few Fast Facts

• Drew was founded as a seminary in 1867 and celebrated its sesquicentennial in 2017-18.
• Drew University consists of three schools: the College of Liberal Arts, the Theological School and the Caspersen School of Graduate Studies.
• Drew’s hometown, Madison, N.J., is a 50-minute train ride from New York City and is among the safest communities in the nation.
• Drew is home to 2015 Nobel Prize winner William Campbell, a long-time fellow in RISE, a unique, hands-on research program in which industry scientists guide undergraduate work.
• The Princeton Review features Drew in The Best 385 Colleges, The Best Value Colleges, its Guide to 399 Green Colleges and as one of only 50 Colleges That Create Futures.
• Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education ranks Drew in the top 20% of U.S. schools.
• Drew is the only N.J. school and one of just 10 private schools on Fiske’s “Best Buy” list.
• Washington Monthly listed Drew among its “Best Bang for the Buck” schools.
• New York City is our classroom where first-year seminars and courses on Wall Street, the U.N., contemporary art, media and communications, theatre and social entrepreneurship are offered.
• Drew offers thousands of internship opportunities at major employers such as Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Lincoln Center, Google, Sony Music, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and CNN.
• Pre-law, pre-med, political science, psychology and sustainability are among our 50+ areas of undergraduate study.
• Drew’s theatre program is ranked among the top 10 in the U.S.
• The University is top 10 in race/class interaction, according to The Princeton Review.
• A typical undergraduate class size is less than 20 students.
• On-campus housing is guaranteed for all four years.
• Our undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio is 11:1.
• 94% of our students graduate in four years or less.
• 94% of recent graduates were employed or in graduate school within six months of graduation.
• The University is 15th nationally among baccalaureate colleges in enrolling international students.
• Drew opened New Jersey’s first “green dorm” in January 2009 and made The Princeton Review’s “Green Colleges” list nine years in a row.
• Each year, Drew brings high-profile politicians, journalists and public figures to campus, such as Seth Meyers, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Samantha Bee, Gail Collins, John Oliver and Joe Biden.