Student Population at Drake University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
4,685	2,835	1,850

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 4,685 students have enrolled in Drake University with 2,835 undergraduate and 1,850 graduate students.

By gender, 1,752 male and 2,933 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively fewer students compared to similar colleges (5,463 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Doctoral / Research University).

431 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,197 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

Drake University has a total of 4,685 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 2,835 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,850 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 1,752 male and 2,933 female students (the male-female ratio is 37:63) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	4,685	2,835	1,850
Men	1,752	1,140	612
Women	2,933	1,695	1,238

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 3,577 White, 255 Black, and 212 Asian students out of a total of 4,685 are attending at Drake University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	5	1	4
Asian	212	74	138
Black	255	109	146
Hispanic	287	115	172
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	2	2	0
White	3,577	1,304	2,273
Two or more races	190	74	116
Race Unknown	21	12	9

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	3	1	2
Asian	145	49	96
Black	178	76	102
Hispanic	210	81	129
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	1	0
White	2,031	814	1,217
Two or more races	144	59	85
Race Unknown	14	9	5

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	2	0	2
Asian	67	25	42
Black	77	33	44
Hispanic	77	34	43
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	1	0
White	1,546	490	1,056
Two or more races	46	15	31
Race Unknown	7	3	4

Student Age Distribution

By age, Drake has 41 students under 18 years old and 3 students over 65 years old. There are 3,426 students under 25 years old, and 1,259 students over 25 years old out of 4,685 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 41 students are younger than 18 and 1 students are older than 65. Drake has 2,729 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 106 students aged 25 and over.

It has 697 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,153 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	41	21	20
18-19	1,288	805	483
20-21	1,315	808	507
22-24	782	482	300
25-29	475	304	171
30-34	227	141	86
35-39	203	133	70
40-49	256	168	88
50-64	95	70	25
Over 65	3	1	2

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	41	21	20
18-19	1,288	805	483
20-21	1,187	706	481
22-24	213	108	105
25-29	50	23	27
30-34	27	12	15
35-39	12	7	5
40-49	12	9	3
50-64	4	3	1
Over 65	1	1	0

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Drake University, 431 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,197 students are enrolled in some online courses.

324 students lived in Iowa or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 107 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	4,685	431	1,197
Undergraduate	2,835	12	949
Graduate	1,850	419	248

Online Student Population by Locality
	Iowa Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	324	105	2
Undergraduate	7	5	0
Graduate	317	100	2

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 2,835 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 76 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 2.68%.69 students have transferred in as full-time status and 7 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	2,675
Transfer-in Full-time	69
Regular Part-time	84
Transfer-in Part-time	7

Student Population at Drake University

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