Every year, more than one percent of all graduating engineers in the US graduate from Drexel University.Drexel University is well known for its co-op program, which it calls "The Ultimate Internship"®. A student in Drexel's
five-year co-op program completes a bachelor's degree in five years while acquiring eighteen months of on-the-job experience over
three six-month periods during the sophomore, pre-junior, and junior years.When people think they are getting a bad deal from the University, they often refer to it as getting the "Drexel Shaft." The
Drexel Shaft is also a smokestack structure on the rail yard next to the campus, and according to university legend the structure
grows one more inch every time a student is shafted.Drexel University's campus is located right next to University of Pennsylvania in University
City, Philadelphia.Drexel was ranked 106th amongst national universities by US News & World Report in their latest annual college
rankings.