Accounting at Drake University

If you are interested in studying accounting, you may want to check out the program at Drake University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Drake is located in Des Moines, Iowa and approximately 4,774 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 27 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Drake.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Accounting section at the bottom of this page.

Drake Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

Drake Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Drake compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at Drake is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Accounting. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	12
	27
	36
	45
	69
	98
	269
	363
	455
	472
	596

In 2021, 10 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Drake. This makes it the #364 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at Drake

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Drake University.

Drake Accounting Bachelor’s Program

The accounting program at Drake awarded 27 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 59% of these degrees went to men with the other 41% going to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at Drake since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Drake are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Drake University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	23
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Drake Accounting Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students earned a master's degree in accounting from Drake. About 80% of these graduates were women and the other 20% were men.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Drake, 80% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Drake University with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Drake also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Accounting and Business/Management
• Accounting and Finance

Careers That Accounting Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IA, the home state for Drake University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Accountants and Auditors	9,600	$67,030
Financial Examiners	1,310	$65,410
Credit Analysts	1,140	$68,680
Business Professors	1,110	$114,450
Budget Analysts	270	$75,100

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Limitingflame1 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.