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Drake University Overview

Located in Des Moines, Iowa, Drake University is a private not-for-profit institution. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is Drake University Known For?

0 Undergraduate Awards
$37,912 Avg Cost After Aid
69% Acceptance Rate
  • Students at Drake have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 1%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
  • The highest award offered at Drake is the doctor's degree.
  • For the <nil> academic year, 66% of the faculty were full-time.
  • A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Drake makes roughly $73,451 a year. This is 80% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
  • It takes the average Drake student 4.1 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is Drake University?

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Contact details for Drake are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 2507 University Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50311-4505
Phone: 515-271-2011
Website: www.drake.edu

How Do I Get Into Drake?

You can apply to Drake online at: www.drake.edu/admission

Admission Requirements for Drake

Submission Required?
High School GPA Required
High School Rank Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript Required
College Prep Program Recommended
Recommendations Recommended
SAT or ACT Scores Considered but not required
TOEFL Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Drake?

69% Acceptance Rate
62% Of Accepted Are Women
14% Submit SAT Scores
With an acceptance rate of 69%, Drake does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

Approximately 38% of accepted students are men and 62% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 65%, and the acceptance rate for women is 72%.

Average Test Scores

About 14% of students accepted to Drake submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 600 and 710. Math scores were between 590 and 700.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Drake University  ( 600 to 710 )
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800

SAT Math Scores for Drake University  ( 590 to 700 )
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800
Drake received ACT scores from 43% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 24 and 32. Math scores were between 24 and 29. Composite scores were between 25 and 31.

ACT English Scores for Drake University  ( 24 to 32 )
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ACT Math Scores for Drake University  ( 24 to 29 )
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ACT Composite Scores for Drake University  ( 25 to 31 )
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36

Can I Afford Drake University?

$37,912 Net Price
51% Take Out Loans
0.8% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of Drake is $37,912. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Drake, approximately 51% of students took out student loans averaging $10,212 a year. That adds up to $40,848 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Drake is 0.8%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Drake University Undergraduate Student Diversity

2,776 Full-Time Undergraduates
61% Women
23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 2,902 undergraduate students at Drake, with 2,776 being full-time and 126 being part-time.

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There are also 1,973 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,776 full-time undergraduates at Drake, 39% are male and 61% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Drake University students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 133
Black or African American 165
Hispanic or Latino 205
White 2,028
International Students 113
Other Races/Ethnicities 132

Geographic Diversity

Iowa students aren't the only ones who study at Drake University. At this time, 32 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 45 countries are represented at Drake. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Malaysia, China, and Vietnam.

Online Learning at Drake University

462 Took All Classes Online
2,148 Took At Least One Class Online
805.1% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
There are 3 bachelor’s degree and 12 master’s degree programs available online at Drake. In 2020-2021, 2,148 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Drake has changed over the last few years.

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Online Growth Rankings of Drake

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Drake University was 805.1%. This is the #112 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Drake regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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