A Drake University education offers a unique mix of advantages for future success. More than seventy major programs of study—including top-notch professional and preprofessional programs and options for undecided students—create lively and diverse learning opportunities. Drake’s outstanding faculty members are renowned scholars and experts whose top priority is teaching. The student-faculty ratio is 14:1, and no graduate assistants teach classes. Drake’s 5,617 students, including 3,202 full-time undergraduates, represent forty-seven states and more than fifty countries. Nearly all Drake graduates (99.1 percent in 2007) find career employment or enter graduate school within six months of earning their degrees.

In addition to its undergraduate degrees, Drake offers master’s degrees in accounting, business administration, communication leadership, education, financial management, and public administration as well as Doctor of Pharmacy, Doctor of Jurisprudence, and Doctor of Education degrees. The following joint degrees also are offered: M.B.A./Law, M.B.A./Pharm.D., M.P.A./Pharm.D., and Pharm.D./Law.