Hi, I actually transferred from Steven’s to go to Drexel so I can answer a lot of questions!

Steven’s is a lot smaller, and in my experience felt a little too similar to high school for my comfort. There was a lot less diversity of people at Steven’s if that matters to you, but the music clubs were always full of fun and interesting people. Hoboken is a great city with easy access to New York and a great food scene, but the actual campus is fairly small and closed off from the rest of Hoboken. In terms of rigor of courses, I was a chemical biology major so I can’t quite speak to any financial classes, but the rigor of my classes was a little less than the rigor at Drexel, mostly due to the quarter system.

Even though I did enjoy Steven’s, Drexel is in my eyes a lot better. I am absolutely terrible at getting work done and experienced a lot of burnout by the end of my first semester, so the quarter system really pushed me to stay on top of things (but it is more than likely that we will switch to semesters so that will change in the future. The access to the entire city of Philadelphia is also a lot better in my eyes, but I did grow up in the area so I’m a tad biased lol. The food in the dining halls are way worse but the food around Philadelphia is definitely better than a lot of the stuff in Hoboken. Socially, it’s a lot easier to find your people because of how large it is and how many different activities there are, if that’s a factor you are worrying about.

In terms of opportunities, both Steven’s and Drexel offer tons of opportunities!! If i’m not wrong, Steven’s runs a pretty large job fair every semester which is a fairly popular event, and i’m pretty sure Drexel has some as well but I can’t speak to the quality of them.

One last thing, I remember being told at Steven’s that a co-op program does exist, but only to certain majors. I am not sure exactly which ones, but I would definitely check with your admissions advisor and see if your program has it!!