unitid 153269 · Des Moines, IA · private nonprofit 4-year · city (midsize)
Drake University
- enrollment 2023
- 5,226
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
64%
33rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
2,543
82nd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
22%
undergrads on Pell grants
23rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
74%
finish within 150% time
81st pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$64,835
79th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$29,127
after aid, aided students
78th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$71,901
after entry, Title IV students
85th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$23,000
38th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $25,824 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k10%
- 30-48k8%
- 48-75knot reported
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $89,603
- First-generation students
- 15%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $52,130
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 3.1× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law. | 105 | $81,991 | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 87 | $118,142 | — |
| Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration. | 66 | $143,490 | — |
| Educational Administration and Supervision. | 64 | $90,273 | — |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication. | 63 | $75,436 | $23,250 |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods. | 51 | $118,300 | $23,979 |
| Marketing. | 49 | $82,473 | $19,250 |
| Data Analytics. | 48 | — | — |
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions. | 48 | — | — |
| Curriculum and Instruction. | 46 | $68,067 | — |
| Psychology, General. | 41 | $50,270 | $20,248 |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General. | 41 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.