Student Population at Drake University

Drake University has a total of 4,685 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 2,835 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,850 students joined graduate programs.

By race/ethnicity, 3,577 White, 255 Black, and 212 Asian students out of a total of 4,685 are attending at Drake University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

By age, Drake has 41 students under 18 years old and 3 students over 65 years old. There are 3,426 students under 25 years old, and 1,259 students over 25 years old out of 4,685 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 41 students are younger than 18 and 1 students are older than 65. Drake has 2,729 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 106 students aged 25 and over.

It has 697 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,153 students aged 25 and over.

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Drake University, 431 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,197 students are enrolled in some online courses.

324 students lived in Iowa or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 107 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Among 2,835 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 76 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 2.68%.69 students have transferred in as full-time status and 7 students transferred in as part-time status.