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Drake University
Des Moines, IA · Private (nonprofit) · 2,543 students · mostly bachelor degrees
65th-cheapest of 68 Iowa colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$29,127
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$64,835
Graduation rate
74%
Admission rate
64%
Median graduate earnings
$71,901
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$23,000
Average SAT
1292
Median ACT
28
Pell grant recipients
22%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
79 programsPharmaceutical Marketing and Management · First Professional Degree66 grads/yr$140,314Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree87 grads/yr$137,890Management Science · Bachelor's Degree51 grads/yr$97,132Accounting · Master's Degree5 grads/yr$91,269Computer and Information Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree34 grads/yr$90,639Econometrics and Quantitative Economics · Bachelor's Degree11 grads/yr$88,638Finance, General · Bachelor's Degree34 grads/yr$88,637Accounting · Bachelor's Degree31 grads/yr$87,582Management Information Systems, General · Bachelor's Degree$87,551Law · First Professional Degree105 grads/yr$87,375Public Administration · Master's Degree38 grads/yr$83,764Pharmaceutical Marketing and Management · Bachelor's Degree7 grads/yr$75,867Business Administration and Management, General · Bachelor's Degree13 grads/yr$73,523Marketing/Marketing Management, General · Bachelor's Degree49 grads/yr$71,246Educational Leadership and Administration, General · Master's Degree64 grads/yr$68,233Biochemistry · Bachelor's Degree25 grads/yr$67,547Political Economy · Bachelor's Degree19 grads/yr$67,257Public Relations/Image Management · Bachelor's Degree63 grads/yr$63,302Broadcast Journalism · Bachelor's Degree37 grads/yr$62,969Curriculum and Instruction · Master's Degree46 grads/yr$62,724College Student Counseling and Personnel Services · Master's Degree34 grads/yr$59,658Design and Visual Communications, General · Bachelor's Degree10 grads/yr$58,834English Language and Literature, General · Bachelor's Degree4 grads/yr$57,563Assistive/Augmentative Technology and Rehabilitation Engineering · First Professional Degree48 grads/yr$57,322Waldorf/Steiner Teacher Education · Master's Degree36 grads/yr$56,615
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.