Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA · Private university
13 minwalk to the closest stay
12stays inside a 20-min walk
60stays inside a 10-min drive
One trip, several campuses
College visit hotels in Philadelphia, PA
5 schools in town82 places to stay measured
5schools,one trip
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By the numbers
5 schools in Philadelphia are on this site, with 82 places to stay measured around them. At 3 of them a place to stay is no more than about a 10-minute walk from the tour start or the campus edge, and at 4 one is within about 20 minutes. The shortest walk we measured here is about 1 minute, at Temple University. For 1 of them the tour meeting place comes straight from the school's own visit page.
How to read these counts
A "10-minute walk" is our estimate from map distance to where the visit starts, or to the campus edge when we have not pinned that down; each school's page says which. Map dated November 2026. The full method
The 5 schools in Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA · Private university
4 minwalk to the closest stay6stays inside a 20-min walk59stays inside a 10-min driveSaint Joseph's University - Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA · Private university
7 mindrive to the closest stay5stays inside a 10-min driveTemple University
Philadelphia, PA · Public university
1 minwalk to the closest stay1stay inside a 20-min walk60stays inside a 10-min driveThomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA · Private university
1 minwalk to the closest stay60stays inside a 20-min walk60stays inside a 10-min drive
Getting from one campus to the next
Our drive estimates between the schools on this page, from map distance with no traffic. Add time for parking at each end.
- University of Pennsylvania to Drexel Universityabout 2 min
- Drexel University to Thomas Jefferson Universityabout 4 min
- Temple University to Thomas Jefferson Universityabout 5 min
- University of Pennsylvania to Thomas Jefferson Universityabout 5 min
- Drexel University to Temple Universityabout 6 min
- University of Pennsylvania to Temple Universityabout 7 min
- University of Pennsylvania to Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphiaabout 9 min
- Drexel University to Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphiaabout 10 min
- Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia to Temple Universityabout 11 min
- Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia to Thomas Jefferson Universityabout 13 min
About these lists
Which colleges in Philadelphia, PA do you cover?
5 four-year schools in Philadelphia, PA: the larger public and private universities plus the liberal arts colleges families tour most. For-profit and online-only schools are left out.
Can you walk from a hotel to campus at schools in Philadelphia, PA?
At 4 of the 5, the map shows a place to stay no more than about a 20-minute walk from the tour start or the campus edge. Each school's page lists them closest first.
Do the pages cover graduation as well as tours?
For 1 of these schools we've read the commencement venue on the school's own page and show it. Every page explains what its minutes run to, and the graduation guide covers when rooms sell out.
Where do the walking minutes come from?
From OpenStreetMap distances, turned into minutes by a fixed rule. Breakfast is listed for 5 schools' nearby hotels by brand standard. How the minutes are measured.