Music at Drake University

Every music school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the music program at Drake University stacks up to those at other schools.

Drake is located in Des Moines, Iowa and has a total student population of 4,774. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students received a bachelor's degree in music from Drake.

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

Drake Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music

Drake Music Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks music programs across the country. The following shows how Drake performed in these rankings.

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 music major at Drake is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Music. 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 Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	21
Best Music Schools	24
Best Value Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	241
Best Value Music Schools	282
Most Focused Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	426
Most Focused Music Schools	541

Music Student Demographics at Drake

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

Drake Music Bachelor’s Program

Of the 11 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Music from Drake in 2020-2021, 27% were men and 73% were women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Drake since its program graduates 27% more women than average.

About 91% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music 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 music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Fine & Studio Arts
• Other Visual Art
• Design & Applied Arts
• Drama & Theater Arts

Careers That Music Grads May Go Into

A degree in music 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
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	1,110	$80,700
Music Directors and Composers	60	$52,430
Sound Engineering Technicians	60	$54,020

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.