jalexng118

So I'm trying to decided between these two schools for my Phd in mathematics. Both have offered me around 20k per year and I keep going back and forth between them. They both have a few professors in the field I'm interested in so I think I'd probably be happy at either. I think that I would much rather live in Philadelphia if I ignore the schools, but I'm worried about the price of that city. How livable is 20k in Philly? On the other hand I bet Tuscaloosa is not so bad on 20k, but I'm not really a small town kinda guy. How is the area around UoA? And for a highly specific question if anyone with the knowledge can answer it, which school seems better for the study of operator algebras and C*-algebras? Is Drexel a good school for pure mathematics? A lot of what I was seeing online has started to make me think it is focused on engineering, computer science, etc. applications.

For anyone who knows about the math department at Drexel, would you say that the research focus is on applied mathematics, pure mathematics, or both?