Drexel University Sacramento

I've been attending Drexel since March and am currently in the Master's of Higher Education program. I love this school. I think most people are put off because they don't know about Drexel since the main campus is in Philly but it's just like going to UOP. It's a private not-for-profit university and the Sacramento campus offers graduate programs.

The staff and instructors are extremely knowledgeable and helpful. Most of my instructors are administrators pulled from local csu, uc, and the los rios school district. This also provides great networking experiences.

I love being a Drexel Dragon and can't wait for graduation!!

I had the best time as an EdD student here at Drexel Sac. My heart is broken that it has left the city. I would have loved to be involved with future classes.

Since 1891, Drexel University has been providing a world-class education to its students. A revolutionary institution then, it continues to be revolutionary today. Well established on the east coast, it is only a matter of time until Drexel's footprint takes hold in Sacramento. Currently, many people compare Drexel to for-profit educational institutions like the University of Phoenix, National University, or DeVry. A better comparison is with the non-profit institutions like the University of the Pacific, Stanford University, or University of San Francisco. However, what those three universities don't have are the fortune of having faculty from both the east coast and the west coast. Students get the best of both worlds. The faculty from the East coast fly in at least eight out of the ten weeks of the quarter and the other two weeks are either conducted through synchronous video conference or asynchronous electronic posts and responses. This makes the Drexel far from being an online university. The University effectively utilizes technology to facilitate learning not as the sole mechanism to deliver learning. At Drexel, you are not just a number, and the students, staff, faculty, and administration are geniuinely dedicated to your success. With a Drexel University graduate degree, students will be well equipped to further their careers, achieve their dreams, and be more competitive in the globalized workplace.

You may be asking how much does such a degree cost? For me, because of the grants and fellowships available to me as a public service employee and for doing pretty well on my GMAT, it ended up being cheaper than choosing the California State University, Sacramento Executive MBA program. I don't know if Drexel would also be cheaper than your other school choices, but in this day and age, it's worth applying just to have the chance to compare financial aid packages and have the choice.

I just finished my first semester of Drexel's IMS program, a post-bacc "special master's program" as pre-medical students would say. The local staff are personable and helpful. The medical course instructors, despite being in Philadelphia, are very easy to contact and quick to respond to e-mail. Being unable to attend a lecture in-person is not a negative given their responsiveness. There are also high-speed video and audio teleconferences with the professors a few times a month to discuss a special topic in-depth--any additional questions or concerns can discussed. Essentially, it's like attending the IMS program in Philly, but with better weather.

I've never written a review before. I would strongly discourage
anyone from attending Drexel. I"m appalled at how they handled my situation. I'm married and have a 10 month old son and worked nearly 60 hours a week on top of going to school and was able to still earn A's and B's. I went to Drexel to better myself and our family. I was offered a great job out of state and had to withdrawal in the middle of the quarter because my new employer wanted me pretty quickly. Little did I know when I left I was going to be hit with a $5,000 bill that has to be paid in full before I can even get my transcripts to transfer my coursework to a new school.

Here's what happened

I withdrew from Drexel in my 2nd quarter because of the job offer out of state. I'm extremely upset because had 1 person taken 5 minutes to simply sit down with me and explain the importance of to withdrawal by certain dates, the bill could've easily been prevented along with this message. I openly admit that I should've investigated the withdrawal process more thoroughly but it wasn't my top priority.

Because of he date my withdraw paper work went thru they offered no refund, even though my last day I attended class was within the 25% refund window.
On top of this if I would've withdrawn a week later I would have been
able to keep 100% of the Financial Aid to pay for school. It would've
been very easy to wait a week to withdrawal had someone explained the
importance of the dates. They returned $2000 of Financial Aid and now I have to pay it out of pocket.

I just don't think it would've been too much to ask for
someone to sit down and cover these dates for 5 minutes before
withdrawing, especially since my withdrawal was voluntary and I had
already been working closely with them.

The thing that disgusts me is that the administration never said, "We're sorry you were not fully informed on the withdrawal process, we'll do a better job of making sure students are better informed in the future." They essentially said, without saying, "This is how we are going to treat everyone who withdrawals, we're not going to help students make financially sound decisions and we're not going to give you any personal attention. To bad for you and your family."

They have no financial counselor available and for spending nearly $60,000 for an MBA, I don't think that's to much to ask.

It's not worth it.