Drake University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a medium-sized city.

Overview

Drake University is a co-educational, private university located in Des Moines, Iowa. It was founded in 1881. It has a campus stretching across nearly 150 acres of urban land and grants admission to more than 3,000 students every year.

The academic buildings within the campus include:

• College of Arts & Sciences
• College of Business & Public Administration (CBPA)
• College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
• School of Education
• School of Journalism & Mass Communication (SJMC)
• School of Law

Drake University has various Greek-letter student organizations, such as Kappa Kappa Gamma, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Tau Kappa Epsilon and Alpha Lambda Delta.

The Drake Bulldogs participate in a host of intercollegiate sports, including crew, cross country, football, basketball, volleyball, golf, soccer, tennis, track & field and softball.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in media, medicine, law, and business and management.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• High faculty salary.
• Large number of students.
• High female/male ratio.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Masters Colleges and Universities I.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 5,668 in 2009-2010 (5,915 full-time equivalent).

About 40% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 60% of the class.

Undergrads are 28% of enrolled students and graduate students are 72%.

Students under 25 years old represent 74% of the student body. About 6% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 100% are full-time and 0% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Drake provides on-campus housing for 1,784 of its 5,915 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 21 meals weekly.

Athletics

School sports include football (Pioneer Football League), basketball (Missouri Valley Conference), baseball (), and track (Missouri Valley Conference).

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 114 male students received the aid (men were 51% of those receiving aid) and 108 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 49% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Drake offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship & Professional Practice).

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Single Doctoral (Education).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (408 awarded)

• Accounting
• Accounting and Business/Management
• Accounting and Finance
• Accounting and Related Services
• Actuarial Science
• Business Administration and Management
• Business, Management, Marketing & Related Support Services
• Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
• Finance and Financial Management Services
• Finance
• International Business/Trade/Commerce
• Management Information Systems
• Management Science
• Marketing/Marketing Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (4 awarded)

• Computer Science

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (16 awarded)

• Environmental Science
• Environmental Studies

DESIGN (32 awarded)

• Design and Applied Arts
• Graphic Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (10 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts
• Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (331 awarded)

• Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Education/Teaching Individuals - Specific Learning Disabilities
• Education/Teaching of Individuals with Emotional Disturbances
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Music Teacher Education
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Student Counseling and Personnel Services

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (104 awarded)

• Public Administration

FINE ARTS (8 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
• Sculpture

LAW (157 awarded)

• Law (LLB, JD)
• Legal Professions and Studies

LIBERAL ARTS (132 awarded)

• Anthropology
• Creative Writing
• Econometrics and Quantitative Economics
• Economics
• English Composition
• English Language and Literature
• History
• International Relations and Affairs
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Speech and Rhetorical Studies

MATHEMATICS (5 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (118 awarded)

• Advertising
• Broadcast Journalism
• Journalism
• Mass Communication/Media Studies
• Public Relations/Image Management
• Radio and Television

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (4 awarded)

• Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration

MEDICINE (145 awarded)

• Neuroscience
• Pharmacy (PharmD [USA], PharmD or BS/BPharm [Canada])

MUSIC (15 awarded)

• Music Performance
• Music
• Voice and Opera

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (6 awarded)

• Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
• Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (8 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (70 awarded)

• Astronomy
• Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (28 awarded)

• Psychology