Drexel University
Admissions Counselor, Undergraduate Admissions
🇺🇸 Hybrid - US
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $36K - $54K
💻 Enrollment
🗓️ September 17th, 2025
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- Recruit prospective first-year and transfer students through high school visits, college fairs, and community events.
- Conduct informational sessions and individual prospective student meetings.
- Serve as the primary contact for prospective students, families, school counselors, and advisors.
- Manage inquiry and applicant pools, including reviewing domestic, international, and transfer applications for admissions decisions.
- Travel extensively during fall and spring recruitment seasons, including local, national, and international locations.
- Required to work evenings and weekends and hold a valid driver's license and REAL ID-compliant identification.
- Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
- Compensation ranges from $35,790 to $53,680 annually, typically offered at minimum to midrange based on qualifications.
- Position classified as Exempt, grade H, full-time employment with hybrid/flexible work arrangement.
- Position is part of Drexel's Enrollment Management and Student Success division.
Admissions Counselor, Undergraduate Admissions Full Description
Job Summary
The Admissions Counselor serves as one of the primary contacts for prospective students and their families, school counselors, advisors and other individuals or organizations involved in the college selection process. This position is responsible for recruiting, selecting and yielding undergraduate students to various programs at Drexel University.
The Admissions Counselor interacts with prospective students through individual meetings, information sessions, and campus events to build relationships, answer questions, and explain the benefits of attending Drexel University. Responsibilities include managing an inquiry and applicant pool, reviewing applications (both domestic, international and transfer applicants) for the purpose of making admissions decisions within their designated application pool including working with applicants regarding missing materials, and managing the relationship from point of application through enrollment. The Admissions Counselor also counsels accepted students through the enrollment process to facilitate a smooth transition to Drexel.
The Admissions Counselor travels extensively during peak recruitment periods â locally, nationally, and internationally â and participates in on campus recruitment events, which includes evening and weekend hours.
Essential Functions
- Recruiting prospective first year and transfer students through visiting high schools, attending college fairs (both in person and virtual) as well as attending community events in a designated territory.
- Conducting informational sessions and prospective student meetings.
- Serving as the primary contact to prospective students and their family, school counselors, advisors and other individuals or organizations involved in the college selection process.
- Creating and maintaining professional relationships with school counselors, advisors, and other individuals or organizations involved in the college selection process.
- Developing relationships with prospective students through multiple mediums, including individual appointments, telephone, email, social media sites and video/virtual chat.
- Working with campus partners to disseminate all necessary information to prospective students.
- Preparing, maintaining and distributing both regular and ad hoc inquiry and applicant reports designed to keep the team up-to-date on the status of the applicant pool.
- Managing the inquiry and applicant flow to ensure students turn in all necessary documents to complete their application for the evaluation and financial aid process.
- Reviewing and evaluating first year and transfer applications submitted by the applicant for the purpose of making admissions decisions or recommendations.
- Traveling up to 10-12 weeks during the fall recruitment season and 10-12 weeks during the spring recruitment season, locally, nationally, and internationally.
- Other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum of Bachelor's Degree or the equivalent combination of education and work experience.Â
- Please review the Equivalency Chart for additional information.
- Ability to work evenings and weekends.
- Ability to travel domestically.
- Possess or ability to obtain a REAL ID-compliant form of identification for air travel.
- Valid Driverâs License.
Location
- Hybrid/Flexible Work Arrangement
Additional Information
This position is classified as Exempt, grade H. Compensation for this grade ranges from $35,790 - $53,680 per year. Please note that the offered rate for this position typically aligns with the minimum to midrange of this grade, but it can vary based on the successful candidateâs qualifications and experience, department budget, and an internal equity review.
Applicants are encouraged to explore the Professional Staff salary structure and Compensation Guidelines & Policies for more details on Drexelâs compensation framework. For information about benefits, please review Drexelâs Benefits Brochure.
Special Instructions to the Applicant
Please make sure you upload your CV/resume and cover letter when submitting your application.
A review of applicants will begin once a suitable candidate pool is identified.
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