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Drexel’s diversity plays a strong role in the college experience, making its students more worldly through their exposure to people of all backgrounds, including international students. This valuable exposure and interaction comes about in the classroom and in extracurricular activities, especially those related to community service, which are very popular at Drexel. The professors are diverse as well, which certainly helps this cause. Although Drexel students do get a lot of insight into other cultures in class and on campus, it is disappointing to see that many Drexel students, like most normal college students, usually limit their social groups to those of similar backgrounds. However, it is not that uncommon to see an interracial couple or a small group of friends that is ethnically diverse. Frat parties, on the other hand, are usually more racially/ethnically homogeneous.

While Drexel has a diverse student body with respect to race and ethnicity, it is not very socio-economically diverse. This lack of a certain other kind of diversity detracts from the enriching experience that the differences in ethnic backgrounds bring to this campus. We’d be more diverse if we had greater socioeconomic variation among our students. Additionally, you will find that most of Drexel’s students come from the greater Philadelphia area, including South Jersey. Our diversity would benefit from a wider geographic representation of students.

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CAT5e

'16

Business Administration and Management

3.5

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Lots of Asians

While most people here are white, there are a lot of international students from Asia, mostly China. They generally stick together and do not socialize with Americans. There are not many African Americans, and I don't think I've ever met anybody from South America. Overall there is a lot of diversity, but the big chunk of that diversity prefers to keep to themselves (the Chinese students).

Feb 06, 2012

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zhanak93

'16

Biology

3.5

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Diversity

At Drexel you tend to see a lot of white students. Although there are other races, you don't see a huge array of them represented. Drexel does have large Asian and African American populations but that's about all the diversity you'll find.

Jan 23, 2012

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dj342

'16

Architectural Engineering

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Drexel Diversity

The diversity at Drexel University is rather good. There are many different races seen at Drexel, majority of them being Asian but obviously there are many more. Sometimes certain races tend to only involve themselves in their own race but not too often.

Jan 08, 2012

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