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Drexel’s Steinbright Career Development Center has the resources to help you find the perfect position within a company in your chosen field of study.
More than 94 percent of eligible undergraduate students at Drexel participate in the co-op program.
Students can choose from more than 1,600 employers in 33 states and 48 international locations — plus endless possibilities through self-arranged placements, giving students incredible options to gain insight into their career paths.
Median Hourly Salary
Unlike many college work experience opportunities, the Drexel Co-op program offers students the opportunity to earn a salary while gaining professional experience. Even better, the majority of co-op experiences are full-time and paid, and those that are carry a median six-month salary of over $19,000.
Median hourly co-op salary by area of study:
- Accounting - $21.00
- Business Analytics - $20.00
- Business and Engineering - $20.10
- Business Undeclared - $15.38
- Economics - $19.00
- Economic Analyis - $19.50
- Finance - $20.00
- General Business - $18.00
- International Business - $19.00
- Legal Studies (Business) - $17.50
- Management Information Systems - $20.00
- Marketing - $18.00
- Operations and Supply Chain Management - $19.00
- Organizational Management - $18.00
- Real Estate Management & Development - $16.50
- Sport Business - $15.00
- Technology Innovation Management - $20.00
While not all co-op positions are paid, Drexel offers a number of additional funding options to assist students who accept unpaid co-op positions, participate in international co-op opportunities or choose to work on research or nonprofit work.
Top LeBow Co-op Employers
- Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
- CHUBB
- Comcast Corporation
- Drexel University
- Estee Lauder/Northtec
- Exelon Corporation
- FMC Corporation
- FS Investments
- Glenmeade
- Goldman, Sachs & Co.
- Independence Blue Cross
- J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
- Johnson & Johnson
- Macquarie Investment Management
- SAP America
- Vanguard Group
Career Impact
On the senior exit survey (which had a 85.73% response rate), 56.92% of Drexel students from the class of 2021 accepted job offers before graduation and 82.4% were employed six months after graduation. Respondents reported employment across 35 industries. The top three include finance, accounting and marketing.
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*Note, average salaries are impacted by industry, geographic region and other factors.
Top 10 Employers - Class of 2021
Displayed below are the companies employing the Drexel LeBow graduating class of 2021:
- BlackRock
- Bloomberg, LLP
- Comcast Corporation
- Deloitte
- Goldman, Sachs & Co.
- Independence Blue Cross
- Johnson & Johnson
- JPMorgan Chase & Co.
- KPMG
- Lockheed Martin