Enrollment Trends at Drake

The student population at Drake University is 4,685 (2,835 undergraduate and 1,850 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 454 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Drake is 60.51% which is decreased by 548 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 94 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.67 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

431 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 1,695.83% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,918 where 4,685 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

60.51% of total students is undergraduate students and 39.49% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 548 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 94 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.67 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Drake than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Drake University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,139	3,383	1,475	1,908	1,756	668	1,088
2014-15	5,062 -77	3,364 -19	1,465 -10	1,899 -9	1,698 -58	623 -45	1,075 -13
2015-16	4,991 -71	3,338 -26	1,454 -11	1,884 -15	1,653 -45	597 -26	1,056 -19
2016-17	5,001 10	3,267 -71	1,398 -56	1,869 -15	1,734 81	592 -5	1,142 86
2017-18	4,904 -97	3,098 -169	1,324 -74	1,774 -95	1,806 72	599 7	1,207 65
2018-19	4,869 -35	3,015 -83	1,271 -53	1,744 -30	1,854 48	594 -5	1,260 53
2019-20	4,884 15	2,954 -61	1,219 -52	1,735 -9	1,930 76	626 32	1,304 44
2020-21	4,774 -110	2,848 -106	1,171 -48	1,677 -58	1,926 -4	637 11	1,289 -15
2021-22	4,875 101	2,902 54	1,156 -15	1,746 69	1,973 47	658 21	1,315 26
2022-23	4,685 -190	2,835 -67	1,140 -16	1,695 -51	1,850 -123	612 -46	1,238 -77
Average	4,918	3,100	1,307	1,793	1,818	621	1,197

Drake University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,100 where 2,835 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Drake University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,383	3,185	1,368	1,817	198	107	91
2014-15	3,364	3,177	1,371	1,806	187	94	93
2015-16	3,338	3,167	1,362	1,805	171	92	79
2016-17	3,267	3,102	1,315	1,787	165	83	82
2017-18	3,098	2,955	1,252	1,703	143	72	71
2018-19	3,015	2,834	1,172	1,662	181	99	82
2019-20	2,954	2,830	1,153	1,677	124	66	58
2020-21	2,848	2,731	1,097	1,634	117	74	43
2021-22	2,902	2,776	1,087	1,689	126	69	57
2022-23	2,835	2,744	1,092	1,652	91	48	43
Average	3,100	3,100	1,227	1,723	3,100	80	70

Drake University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,818 where 1,850 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Drake University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,756	935	381	554	821	287	534
2014-15	1,698	891	366	525	807	257	550
2015-16	1,653	856	348	508	797	249	548
2016-17	1,734	862	322	540	872	270	602
2017-18	1,806	879	327	552	927	272	655
2018-19	1,854	926	327	599	928	267	661
2019-20	1,930	937	334	603	993	292	701
2020-21	1,926	913	332	581	1,013	305	708
2021-22	1,973	921	330	591	1,052	328	724
2022-23	1,850	840	289	551	1,010	323	687
Average	1,818	1,818	336	560	1,818	285	637

Drake University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 76.35%. The percentage was 81.69% 10 years ago and Drake still has a high percentage of white students. 4.53% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.44% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Drake University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	9	221	157	155	2	4,198	60
2014-15	10	200	160	163	1	4,110	79
2015-16	8	168	176	170	1	4,042	93
2016-17	9	166	167	181	0	4,072	106
2017-18	5	166	205	206	0	3,966	121
2018-19	3	202	199	243	0	3,891	129
2019-20	2	207	237	270	0	3,872	133
2020-21	5	204	231	297	1	3,750	144
2021-22	4	197	244	296	0	3,794	171
2022-23	5	212	255	287	2	3,577	190
Average	6	194	203	227	1	3,927	123

Drake University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

431 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 9% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1,695.83% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Drake University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	5,062	24	199	4,839
2015-16	4,991	6	255	4,730
2016-17	5,001	0	325	4,676
2017-18	4,904	20	219	4,665
2018-19	4,869	192	235	4,442
2019-20	4,884	277	1,036	3,571
2020-21	4,774	1,430	2,842	502
2021-22	4,875	462	1,686	2,727
2022-23	4,685	431	1,197	3,057
Average	4,894	316	888	3,690

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