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Drake University Academic Experience



Past Performance | Probation Policy|Academic Calendar | Graduate Career Data

Past Performance

What Do We Like To Study?

Most Popular Majors

Least Popular Majors
  • French
  • religion

Policies

Probation Policy

The minimum GPA required for all students to remain off probation during their entire college tenure is:

Academic Calendar for 2002-03.

Academic Calendar System:

  • Semester System (two terms comprise academic year)

Summer Sessions:

  • Three summer sessions, one of three weeks and two of five weeks each.

New student orientation:

  • Orientation for new students is held in June, July, and August.

Graduate Career Data

Percentage of graduates who pursue further study:
  • 15% continue immediately.
  • 22% continue within 5 years.
Percentage of all graduates who pursue graduate study in various fields:
  • Law School: 4%
  • Medical School: 3%
  • Dental School: 1%
  • Graduate Business Programs: 4%
  • Graduate Arts and Sciences Programs: 8%
List of graduate schools most often selected by our recent graduates:
  • Northwestern University, University of Illinois, University of Iowa.
65% of our graduates choose careers in business and industry.

94% of our graduates enter into a job market related to their major within two years of graduation.

Firms that most frequently hire our graduates:
  • Arthur Andersen, Coca-Cola, Deere & Co., Honeywell-Bull, Hormel, IBM, various school districts.
Most prominent alumni/ae:
  • Terry Branstad, governor of Iowa; Frances Bartlett Kinne, former president, Jacksonville U; Kenneth Macke, chairperson and CEO, Dayton Hudson Co.; Sherrill Milnes, leading baritone, Metropolitan Opera.