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 4,869 students attend the school each year. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 22 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

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

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
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	47
Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	70
Best Accounting Schools	92
Most Focused Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	186
Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	280
Most Popular Accounting Schools	472
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	516
Most Focused Accounting Schools	632
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	806

In 2019, 19 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Drake. This makes it the #280 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

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 59% went to women.

About 86% 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	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Drake Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 19 accounting students who graduated with a master's degree in 2018-2019 from Drake, about 42% were men and 58% were women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Drake, 74% 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	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	14
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Drake also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Accounting and Related Services
• 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.