Drew University

Drew University, a Phi Beta Kappa liberal arts university, includes the College of Liberal Arts, the Drew Theological School and the Caspersen School of Graduate Studies. Drew is located on a beautiful, wooded, 186-acre campus in Madison, New Jersey, a thriving small town close to New York City.

It has a total enrollment of more than 2,000 students and has 148 full-time faculty members, 99% of whom hold the terminal degree in their field. The Theological and Caspersen schools offer MA and PhD degrees and the College confers BA degrees in more than 30 disciplines.

Drew is dedicated to exceptional faculty mentorship, a commitment to connecting the campus with the community and a focus on experiential learning. Particularly noteworthy opportunities for undergraduates include the Charles A. Dana Research Institute for Scientists Emeriti (RISE), home of 2015 Nobel Prize Winner for Medicine and Drew Fellow William Campbell, the Drew Summer Science Institute (DSSI), the Center for Civic Engagement, as well as New York City semesters focusing on Wall Street, the United Nations, Contemporary Art, Theatre, Social Entrepreneurship and Communications and Media in New York City and several international semester programs.

Drew also houses the Center on Religion, Culture & Conflict, the Center for Holocaust/Genocide Study and the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, an independent professional theater, as well as the United Methodist Archives and History Center and one of the country’s leading concentrations of materials on Willa Cather.

Drew University’s mission is to offer its diverse community of learners a challenging and individualized education shaped by a deep-rooted culture of mentoring, thoughtful engagement with the world beyond its campus, and a steadfast commitment to lifelong cultivation of the whole person. Through its distinctive emphasis on the reciprocity of knowledge, experience, and service, Drew prepares its students to flourish both personally and professionally as they add to the world’s good by responding to the urgent challenges of our time with rigorous, independent, and imaginative thought.

Drew's top-ranked undergraduate academic programs—30 majors, 51 minors, 6 combined-degree programs and 10 pre-professional programs—and our graduate degrees and certificates provide building blocks for longterm success.

When you apply your curiosities, aptitudes and interests at Drew, you surround yourself with likeminded critical thinkers and mentors who will challenge you to do your best.Drew’s academic programs are some of the most important building blocks for success. Take our top-ranked undergraduate academic programs—30 majors, 51 minors, 10 combined-degree programs and 10 pre-professional programs—and combine them with hands-on NYC semesters, internships, real-world science research and international opportunities around the world.

Located just a 50-minute train ride away from the powerhouse world capital of New York City, Drew’s beautiful, wooded campus in Madison, New Jersey is home to the Caspersen School of Graduate Studies and Drew Theological School.Be they teachers, poets, doctors, ministers, scholars, community leaders, activists or lifelong learners, graduates of Drew’s professional and academic graduate programs have a humanistic, creative and ethical way of thinking and working.

Find your mentor among the accomplished faculty. Study in The Forest. Test what you are learning in one of the most vibrant and culturally diverse regions on the East Coast. Be part of a dedicated global community that’s intent on preparing you to make a difference that matters in your own life and in the world.

Studying the humanities is key to developing a nuanced understanding of other people and our world. In an age where changes in technology dramatically alter what we know on a daily basis, there are constant skill sets that remain in demand. The ability to reason, research, think critically, articulate and implement ideas will add value across multiple industries. Whatever your specific motivation is for pursuing your advanced degree, you can be confident that Drew's broad range of interdisciplinary degree and certificate programs allow you to give back, add value and put the humanities to work.

Proudly grounded in the Wesleyan/Methodist tradition of bold ideas that impact people's lives for the good, we have trained rooted, innovative and courageous leaders for 150 years. No matter which of our five degree programs you pursue, a Drew Theological School education includes interdisciplinary courses that demand out-of-the-box thinking, apprenticeship training that addresses real-world issues and modes of learning that promote adaptability and innovation.

Students of all interests, ages and levels of education are welcome to study at Drew. We offer undergraduate degrees for adults, classes for non-matriculated students and summer courses for high school, college and beyond.

Drew was established in 1867 as a seminary, the antecedent of today’s Drew Theological School. In 1928, a gift led to the addition of the College of Liberal Arts, which began as a small college for men, became co-educational during the 1940s and grew significantly in the 1960s. In the early 1980s, it was granted what is still only the fourth Phi Beta Kappa chapter in the state. The Caspersen School of Graduate Studies, which is devoted to advanced study in the humanities, opened in 1955. Both its established humanities-based PhD programs and its degree programs in fields such as medical humanities are closely aligned to the curricula of the other two schools, from which it draws most of its faculty.