Which Drake University major has the lowest debt?

Marketing graduates leave with a median of $19,250 in federal loans, the lowest among 10 Drake University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Drake University cost?

Tuition and fees are $52,130 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $29,127 a year.

How many Drake University programs report graduate pay?

12 bachelor's programs at Drake University report first-year pay, and 10 of them also report federal debt.

Drake University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Des Moines, IA
2,543 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

12 Drake University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Management Science pays the most in the first year ($80,044), and Theatre the least ($19,613). The median program pays $46,149.

Tuition and fees$52,130Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$29,127Per year

Graduation rate74%Within 6 years

Admission rate64%Of applicants

All 12 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Iowa" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Iowa. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Iowa
1	Management ScienceAbout 51 graduates a year	$80,044	$118,300	$23,979	1st of 4
2	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 34 graduates a year	$69,835	$92,007	$21,281	1st of 3
3	AccountingAbout 31 graduates a year	$65,922	$90,542	$20,500	1st of 17
4	FinanceAbout 34 graduates a year	$62,049	$100,759	$25,000	1st of 11
5	MarketingAbout 49 graduates a year	$51,968	$82,473	$19,250	3rd of 12
6	Business AdministrationAbout 13 graduates a year	$47,806	$81,031	$20,485	13th of 20
7	Public Relations and AdvertisingAbout 63 graduates a year	$44,492	$75,436	$23,250	1st of 6
8	JournalismAbout 37 graduates a year	$41,913	$57,439	Not reported	1st of 3
9	Teacher EducationAbout 23 graduates a year	$41,630	$49,974	$27,000	16th of 22
10	BiologyAbout 8 graduates a year	$41,226	$68,796	$25,343	3rd of 17
11	Other Legal StudiesGraduates a year not reported	$29,273	$68,055	$23,750	1st of 1
12	TheatreAbout 13 graduates a year	$19,613	$36,216	Not reported	3rd of 3

Program names link to the program's own page, and Iowa ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Iowa programs in the field do too.

5 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Management Science$80,044
Computer and Information Science$69,835
Accounting$65,922
Finance$62,049
Marketing$51,968

Lowest median debt

Marketing$19,250
Business Administration$20,485
Accounting$20,500
Computer and Information Science$21,281
Public Relations and Advertising$23,250

Largest programs

Public Relations and AdvertisingAbout 63 graduates a year
Management ScienceAbout 51 graduates a year
MarketingAbout 49 graduates a year
JournalismAbout 37 graduates a year
Computer and Information ScienceAbout 34 graduates a year

Common questions

Management Science graduates earn a median of $80,044 in their first year, the most of 12 Drake University bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Iowa rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels