Finance at Drake University

If you plan to study finance, take a look at what Drake University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Drake is located in Des Moines, Iowa and has a total student population of 4,774. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 30 students received a bachelor's degree in finance from Drake.

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

Drake Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

Drake Finance Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks finance programs across the country. The following shows how Drake performed in these rankings.

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 finance major at Drake is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Finance. 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
	37
	287
	304
	309
	333
	339
	357

Finance Student Demographics at Drake

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

Drake Finance Bachelor’s Program

Of the 30 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in finance from Drake in 2021, 73% were men and 27% were women.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance 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 finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	24
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Other Finance and Financial Management Services

Careers That Finance Grads May Go Into

A degree in finance 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
General and Operations Managers	23,570	$99,720
Financial Managers	8,630	$114,620
Loan Officers	4,540	$67,580
Financial Analysts	2,410	$83,230
Chief Executives	2,020	$211,560

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.