A university education is a life-changing journey. At Drake you will find an abundance of options and opportunities, all designed to make sure that journey is a great one. What’s more, the path you follow here will be unique—a combination of experiences designed to suit your individual strengths, interests, and goals.
Your future is yours to create. Here are a few suggestions for getting started:
Choose from more than 100 areas of study that span the Arts and Sciences, Business and Public Administration, Education, Journalism and Mass Communication, and Pharmacy and Health Sciences. Strengthen your preparation with a double major, a minor, or a concentration. Even design your own major.
Prepare for life in a world that keeps getting smaller through extensive study abroad options, excellent world languages programs, and opportunities available through our innovative center, Principal Center for Global Citizenship.
Put your ideas into action in many ways, including
Get to know Drake’s outstanding faculty. With small classes, no teaching assistants, and professors who are passionate about your education, conditions are perfect to find a mentor, guide, and friend. Drake’s faculty members make your learning experience their top priority, creating opportunities for you to excel and supporting you in your academic and personal growth.
Take a January Experience course on Dickens in London or Robot Programming and Control Theory. Pursue fascinating topics through the Honors Program. And, in your senior year, pick a topic that interests you and pursue it in depth through the Senior Capstone.
Why wait to see what your chosen field is all about? Sign up for courses in your major as a first-year student. Whether you are interested in pharmacy, physics, marketing, or education, this is your chance to dive in, start learning, and make sure it’s the right field for you.
The best part of any of the opportunities you will find here—in class and outside the classroom—is the chance for you to grow as an individual and as part of a close community. At Drake, we care about academic success and about ethics, leadership, and citizenship. We want to help you on your journey to a meaningful and fulfilling life.
Now - Apply for Admission for Spring or Fall 2021
January 16 - Virtual Sneak Peet at Drake
January 18 - Crew Scholars Program Application Deadline
January 26 - Virtual Sneak Peet at Drake
February 1 - Actuarial Science Scholarship(s) deadline
February 1 - Journalism & Mass Communication Scholarship(s) deadline
Februray 5- Submission Deadline for Virtual Theatre Auditions
February 5 - Virtual Music Audition Day
February 10 - Virtual Sneak Peet at Drake
February 12 - Virtual Music Audition Day
February 15 - Adams Leadership Institute Deadline