Business Administration & Management at Drake University

If you plan to study business administration and management, take a look at what Drake University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Drake is located in Des Moines, Iowa and approximately 4,774 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 students received a bachelor's degree in business administration from Drake.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Business Administration & Management section at the bottom of this page.

Drake Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration
• Master’s Degree in Business Administration

Drake Business Administration & Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the business administration progam at Drake compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The business administration major at Drake is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Business Administration & Management. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	15
Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	71
	77
	98
Best Value Business Administration & Management Schools	185
Most Popular Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	419
Most Focused Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	525
Best Value Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	676

In 2021, 67 students received their master’s degree in business administration from Drake. This makes it the #419 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

Business Administration Student Demographics at Drake

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the business administration majors at Drake University.

Drake Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

The business administration program at Drake awarded 23 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 52% of these degrees went to men with the other 48% going to women.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business administration at Drake are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Drake University with a bachelor's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Drake Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

Of the 67 business administration students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Drake, about 46% were men and 54% were women.

Of the students who received a business administration master's degree from Drake, 78% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Drake University with a master's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	52
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Drake also has a doctoral program available in business administration. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Business, Management & Marketing
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• International Business
• Finance & Financial Management
• Marketing

Careers That Business Administration Grads May Go Into

A degree in business administration can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IA, the home state for Drake University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
General and Operations Managers	23,570	$99,720
Retail Sales Supervisors	12,810	$40,090
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	11,970	$56,970
Production and Operating Worker Supervisors	10,180	$58,680
Mechanic, and Repairer Supervisors	5,530	$65,650

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Limitingflame1 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.