Advertising at Drake University

Every advertising school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the advertising program at Drake University stacks up to those at other schools.

Drake is located in Des Moines, Iowa and approximately 4,869 students attend the school each year. Of the 382 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Drake University in 2019, 12 of them were advertising majors.

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

Drake Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Advertising

Drake Advertising Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The advertising major at Drake is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Advertising. 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 Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2
Most Focused Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	43
Most Focused Advertising Schools	49
Most Popular Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	56
Most Popular Advertising Schools	61

Advertising Student Demographics at Drake

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

Drake Advertising Bachelor’s Program

Of the 12 advertising students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2018-2019 from Drake, about 42% were men and 58% were women. The typical advertising bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at Drake since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in advertising 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 advertising.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Public Relations

Careers That Advertising Grads May Go Into

A degree in advertising 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
Communications Professors	480	$88,340
Advertising and Promotions Managers	200	$113,030

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.