Affordable Results

Drake is committed to making sure that your investment provides high returns throughout your life. The actual cost of a Drake education is competitive with public universities for many of our students. In fact, most students who plan properly complete their degrees in just four years and begin working in their chosen profession after graduation.

• Approximately 98 percent of Drake students receive financial aid.
• The average financial aid package for students entering Drake in 2010-2011, typically a combination of scholarships, grants, loans and student employment, was $15,640.
• Drake students get real-world experience through professional internships that prepare them for lifelong success. Nearly 80 percent of Drake students graduate having had at least one internship.
• Students acquire valuable leadership skills from area business, government, civic and community leaders.
• Nearly all Drake graduates (96 percent in 2009-10) find career employment or enter graduate school within six months after receiving their degrees.
• Drake alumni go on to discover comets, win Pulitzer Prizes, make Hollywood blockbusters, found and operate Fortune 500 companies and make the world a better place in ways large and small.