Student Population at Drake

Total Enrollment

4,345

Undergraduate

2,585

Graduate

1,760

Online Enrollment

546

Men Students

1,630

Women Students

2,715

For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 4,345 students have enrolled at Drake University - 2,585 undergraduate and 1,760 graduate.

By gender, 1,630 male and 2,715 female students are attending Drake University. By attendance status, there are 3,279 full-time students and 1,066 part-time students.

The number of students at Drake University is very large compared to Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Iowa. Compared to similar schools in rankings such as Drexel University and American University, its population is very small (average population is 10,848).

Drake University offers online degree/certificate programs and 546 students enrolled in online programs.

Enrollment Comparison

The following chart compares Drake's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Iowa.

Drake has smaller enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 10,848 students). The enrollment is larger than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Iowa average (1,514 students).

	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Drake University	4,345	2,585	1,760
Similarly Ranked Schools	10,848	6,294	4,553
All Colleges	2,931	2,685	1,440
Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges	2,477	2,016	1,017
4-Years Colleges	4,686	4,205	1,445
Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Iowa	1,514	1,195	551

The below chart compares the student population between Drake University and similar colleges.

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 1,630 male and 2,715 female students attending Drake. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.60 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at Drake.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at Drake
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	2,585	2,489	96
Men	1,020	969	51
Women	1,565	1,520	45

Population by Gender/Attending Status at Drake
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	1,760	790	970
Men	610	275	335
Women	1,150	515	635

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 3,155 White students (72.61%) and 347 Hispanic students (7.99%) at Drake University(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at Drake University.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Drake University
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	2	1	1
Asian	122	43	79
Black or African American	200	82	118
Hispanic	247	105	142
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	1	1
White	1,750	662	1,088
Two or More Races	140	64	76
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	12	4	8
Total	2,585	1,020	1,565

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Drake University
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	3	0	3
Asian	86	36	50
Black or African American	74	32	42
Hispanic	100	34	66
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	1,405	481	924
Two or More Races	48	12	36
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	13	5	8
Total	1,760	610	1,150

Online Student Population

At Drake University, 1,390 students (31.99% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 546 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 435 students live in Iowa where Drake University is located in and 110 students have enrolled from other states.