Physics at Drake University

What traits are you looking for in a physics school? To help you decide if Drake University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's physics program.

Drake is located in Des Moines, Iowa and approximately 4,774 students attend the school each year. Of the 838 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Drake University in 2021, 7 of them were physics majors.

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

Drake Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

Drake Physics Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The physics major at Drake is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Physics. 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
Most Focused Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	264
Most Focused Physics Schools	383

Physics Student Demographics at Drake

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

Drake Physics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 29% went to women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Drake since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physics 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 physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Chemistry

Careers That Physics Grads May Go Into

A degree in physics 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
High School Teachers	13,010	$56,510
Natural Sciences Managers	380	$127,440
Physics Postsecondary Professors	160	$111,510
Physicists	30	$123,140

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.