DRAKE UNIVERSITY H-8

2507 University Ave.
Des Moines, IA 50311-4516
Tel: (515)271-2011
Free: 800-44D-RAKE
Admissions: (515)271-3181
Fax: (515)271-2831
E-mail: admission@drake.edu
Web Site: http://www.drake.edu/

Description:

Independent, university, coed. Awards bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and first professional degrees and post-master's certificates. Founded 1881. Setting: 120-acre suburban campus. Endowment: $107.8 million. Research spending 2003-04: $645,584. Educational spending 2003-04: $5712 per student. Total enrollment: 5,221. Faculty: 374 (249 full-time, 125 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 14:1. 3,480 applied, 84% were admitted. 38% from top 10% of their high school class, 72% from top quarter, 96% from top half. 6 National Merit Scholars. Full-time: 2,913 students, 58% women, 42% men. Part-time: 251 students, 55% women, 45% men. Students come from 47 states and territories, 53 other countries, 61% from out-of-state, 0.2% Native American, 1% Hispanic, 3% black, 3% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 5% international, 5% 25 or older, 57% live on campus, 5% transferred in. Retention: 83% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; communications/communication technologies; education; social sciences and history; visual/performing arts. Calendar: semesters. ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, co-op programs and internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at Des Moines Consortium. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army, Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, early admission, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, SAT or ACT. Recommended: essay, interview. Required for some: PCAT for pharmacy transfers. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 3/1. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $25. Comprehensive fee: $26,470 includes full-time tuition ($20,200), mandatory fees ($350), and college room and board ($5920). College room only: $2870. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to class time, course load, and student level. Room and board charges vary according to board plan. Part-time tuition: $410 per hour. Part-time mandatory fees: $8 per hour. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to class time.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, marching band, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 160 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities; 30% of eligible men and 28% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Student Activities Board, international student organizations, Coalition of Black Students, Alpha Phi Omega Service Organization, Residence Hall Association. Major annual events: Drake Relays, Parent/Family Weekend, homecoming. Student services: legal services, health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, 24-hour desk attendants in residence halls. 1,761 college housing spaces available; 1,732 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through sophomore year. Option: coed housing available. Cowles Library plus 1 other with 488,659 books, 920,666 microform titles, 15,363 serials, 1,960 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $3.8 million. 1,000 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Des Moines is Iowa's capital city, and its metropolitan population of 400,000 is the largest in the state. The downtown area includes the Convention Center, a skywalk system linking office buildings and shops, and a major restoration and conversion of historic buildings in the former city market area. A Civic Center offers plays, concerts and other entertainment. The Art Center, in a park setting of trees and gardens, houses a permanent collection of paintings and sculpture, in addition to traveling exhibits. Major business interests include a concentration of home offices of insurance companies and the pivotal operation of a large publishing firm.