Undergraduate Non-Matriculated Option

As a non-matriculated student, you can take courses at Drexel without being enrolled in a degree-granting program. All non-matriculated students are considered part-time, and can schedule a maximum of 11.5 credits per quarter.

You may choose this option if you:

• Have no prior college experience, and graduated from high school less than two years ago. 
• Do not meet the admissions criteria required to matriculate into a full degree program.
• Are currently enrolled at another college and wish to complete courses at Drexel to transfer back to your home school.
• Already have a bachelor's degree, but wish to enroll in an undergraduate prerequisite course for graduate study at Drexel. To ensure credits are transferable, you must check with your intended graduate program department.

Course Availability

Some courses may be restricted to students in a given program and therefore unavailable to non-matriculated students. However, undergraduate non-matriculated students are eligible to take many of the same courses that matriculated students take.

The following colleges offer undergraduate non-matriculated courses:

• College of Arts & Sciences
• College of Nursing and Health Professions (Health Services Administration and Behavioral Health courses only)
• Dornsife School of Public Health
• Goodwin College of Professional Studies
• LeBow College of Business
• School of Education

Transfer Credits

Evaluations are done on a course-by-course basis, and can vary from program to program. As a non-matriculated student you may receive an “unofficial” transfer credit evaluation, but any eligible credits won’t actually transfer until you matriculate into a degree program.

Matriculation

To be evaluated for full matriculation into an undergraduate program, you’ll need to meet the admissions criteria of your program of choice. Please check with your advisor, as programs have different requirements.

Federal and State Financial Aid is not available to non-matriculated students.

State restrictions may apply to some programs. Learn more.