Drexel University College of Medicine

What Drexel University College of Medicine does

Drexel University College of Medicine is a private medical school operating as an academic unit within Drexel University, headquartered at the Health Sciences Building in University City, Philadelphia (60 N. 36th Street), with an additional four-year regional medical campus at Tower Health's Reading Hospital in West Reading, PA. Founded in 1848 as the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania and merged into Drexel University in 2002, the institution offers a four-year MD program, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies (including dual-degree tracks such as MD/PhD and MD/MPH), postdoctoral training, and continuing education. Clinical operations are delivered through Drexel Medicine (clinical practice at 219 North Broad Street), HOP Clinics (community health), and telehealth mental health services that reached approximately 50% of MD students across distributed campuses in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and California.

The college operates four revenue streams: medical education tuition, clinical patient care services, sponsored research and grants, and community health services. It generates revenue through academic programs, clinical billing, research funding, and community health outreach. Its GTM motion combines academic admissions for prospective medical and graduate students, clinical services for patients, research partnerships with healthcare institutions, and community health programs targeting vulnerable populations. Strategic partnerships anchor clinical training capacity: a core alliance with Tower Health supports both the West Reading regional campus and the St. Christopher's Hospital for Children joint venture (a 188-bed pediatric facility). Active research areas include SPAST-AAV9 gene therapy for hereditary spastic paraplegia (which reached proof-of-principle in 2025) and a transdermal hormone therapy study of 3,800+ postmenopausal women in collaboration with Reading Hospital at Tower Health.

The institution has no app presence, no disclosed API platform, and operates in a traditional academic medical center model rather than a venture-backed technology business. As a non-reporting academic unit within Drexel University, financial metrics such as standalone revenue are not publicly disclosed.

Name

Drexel University College of Medicine

Legal name

Drexel University College of Medicine

Website

https://drexelmed.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1848

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Drexel University College of Medicine is a private medical school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, offering MD, graduate, and postdoctoral programs, operating clinical practice through Drexel Medicine, and conducting biomedical research in partnership with Tower Health.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Offices of Physicians (62111), Medical Laboratories (621511)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Medical Schools (MD/DO Granting) (EDAHAGAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Health & Biomedical Research Universities (Academic Medical Center–Affiliated) (EDAHABAC), Biomedical Sciences & Medical Research Institutes (University-Based) (EDAHAGAI)

Keywords

• Medical education
• Graduate biomedical sciences
• Clinical research training
• Community health services
• Physician training programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Philadelphia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Medical Education Tuition: Revenue from MD program, graduate programs, dual degree programs, and continuing education. The institution offers MD, graduate, postdoctoral, and dual degree programs generating tuition-based revenue.
2. Clinical Patient Care Services: Drexel Medicine clinical practice group generates revenue through exceptional, compassionate patient care services. The practice operates at 219 North Broad Street serving the health needs of the community and students.
3. Research Funding and Grants: Revenue from sponsored research, clinical trials, and research funding opportunities supporting basic and clinical research activities across departments and interdisciplinary programs.
4. Community Health Services: Revenue from community health programs including HOP Clinics, patient care services, and outreach initiatives serving vulnerable community members.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Drexel University College of Medicine is an academic medical institution that delivers medical education through its MD Program, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies, dual degree, postdoctoral, and continuing education programs. It operates a clinical practice (Drexel Medicine) providing patient care and runs community health programs such as HOP Clinics. The institution also conducts basic and clinical research, including gene therapy and women's health studies, in partnership with affiliated hospitals.

Product overview

Drexel University College of Medicine is an academic medical institution offering a unified portfolio of medical education and healthcare services. The core offerings include the MD Program for medical degree training, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies for advanced research degrees, and Dual Degree Programs for interdisciplinary study. Clinical operations are delivered through Drexel Medicine (the clinical practice group), HOP Clinics (community health), and telehealth services for mental health support. The institution operates regional campuses including Drexel at Tower Health and maintains research programs through Clinical Trials and postdoctoral affairs. The portfolio integrates educational programs with patient care, research initiatives, and continuing education for healthcare professionals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies: Academic programs emphasizing real-world experience, mentored by world-renowned faculty, leveraging the strength of the College of Medicine and other Drexel colleges.
• Drexel Medicine

Products and services

• MD Program
• Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies
• Drexel Medicine Clinical Practice
• HOP Clinics
• Telehealth Mental Health Services
• Dual Degree Programs
• Continuing Education
• Postdoctoral Affairs
• Clinical Trials
• Lynn Yeakel Institute for Women's Health and Leadership

Quantifiable outcome

• 50% of MD students have used telehealth mental health services with documented improvements in student satisfaction
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Tower HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor strategic partnership with Tower Health for the four-year regional medical campus at West Reading, PA. Tower Health's Reading Hospital provides outstanding clinical training for medical students. The partnership also includes St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, a 188-bed pediatric facility serving the Greater Philadelphia area.
• St. Christopher's Hospital for ChildrencoreStrategic or Co-development Partner188-bed pediatric hospital partnership between Drexel University and Tower Health providing exceptional care to children from throughout the Greater Philadelphia area and around the world. Serves as a major clinical training site for medical students.
• Reading Hospital at Tower HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClinical training partner for the regional medical campus. Collaborates on research initiatives including transdermal hormone therapy study involving 3,800+ postmenopausal women.
• Reading Hospital at Tower HealthminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with Drexel University College of Medicine researchers on transdermal hormone therapy research study presented at 2025 Annual Meeting of The Menopause Society.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine: Pennsylvania-based medical school with strong community-mission emphasis and integrated health system affiliation (Geisinger). Comparable in mission, regional applicant pool, and integrated clinical training model.

Broad incumbents

• Tulane University School of Medicine: Private research medical school with strong community-health mission and distributed clinical training model. Comparable mission emphasis on community-responsive physician training and interdisciplinary graduate programs.
• Penn Medicine (University of Pennsylvania Health System): Philadelphia-based integrated academic medical center combining hospital operations, clinical practice, and medical education. Comparable in clinical service delivery, research activity, and pediatric/adult care footprint overlap.
• NYU Grossman School of Medicine: Private, top-tier medical school with full-tuition scholarship model and large research portfolio. Comparable as a private research-medical school competitor for top applicants and faculty.

Direct peers

• Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University: Private Philadelphia-based medical school offering MD and graduate programs with a strong clinical practice and research portfolio. Directly competes for Philadelphia-area applicants, residents, and research grants.
• Cooper Medical School of Rowan University: New Jersey-based medical school partnered with Cooper University Health Care, operating a community-focused MD program. Closely comparable mission profile, public-private partnership structure, and regional applicant pool overlap.
• Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University: Philadelphia-based private medical school with comparable mission emphasis on community health, urban patient populations, and an MD/graduate research portfolio. Direct competitor for applicants and clinical training partnerships.
• Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania: Top-ranked private medical school also based in Philadelphia with MD, graduate, and postdoctoral programs and an integrated academic medical center (Penn Medicine). Directly competes for applicants, faculty, research funding, and clinical partnerships in the same Philadelphia market.

Others

• St. Christopher's Hospital for Children (Tower Health): Joint-venture pediatric hospital between Drexel University and Tower Health, providing clinical training and pediatric care. Listed because it is simultaneously a subsidiary and a peer-tier clinical partner; not a competitor but an embedded operating asset.

Emerging players

• Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine: Newer New Jersey-based medical school with an integrated health system partnership (Hackensack Meridian Health) and a community-health mission. Comparable in integrated clinical training model and Northeast applicant overlap, though smaller and newer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/DrexelMedicine
• Facebookfacebook.com/DrexelCollegeofMedicine
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/drexel-university
• Instagraminstagram.com/drexelcollegeofmedicine
• Xx.com/drexelmedgrad

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

Investments

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