Portal:Philadelphia/Selected article/February 2008

The list of Drexel University alumni includes former undergraduate students and former graduate students. The 16th largest private university in the nation, Drexel is made up of 10 colleges and 3 schools most of which serve both undergraduate and graduate students. There are 70 undergraduate degree programs, 77 master's programs, and 21 doctoral programs offered by the university. Degrees are available in areas from Engineering and Business to Culinary art and Music. Drexel began awarding undergraduate degrees in 1915, starting with the Bachelor of Science in engineering, and in 1931 began offering graduate degrees through the School of Home Economics. Since its founding in 1891 the university has had more than 100,000 alumni. In 1991, the university's centennial anniversary, Drexel created an association called the Drexel 100, for living alumni who have demonstrated excellence in work, philanthropy, or public service. After the creation of the association 100 alumni were inducted in 1992, and since then the induction process has been on a biennial basis. By 2006, 164 total alumni had been inducted into the association.