Tomorrow starts today.

People say there’s always tomorrow like it’s a safety net. At Drake University, tomorrow isn’t something that happens later. It’s something you build today, before the grade posts, before the offer arrives, before anyone is watching.

From your first semester, you'll gain hands-on experience, work alongside faculty who know your name, and connect your education to real opportunities in Des Moines and around the globe. While others are waiting for what's next, you'll already be building it.

At Drake, students don't wait until graduation to start. Our Bulldogs are conducting research, leading organizations, serving their communities, building careers, and making connections. They’re doing it today to create a better tomorrow.

This is what tomorrow looks like.

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A different kind of college experience.

Some schools prepare you for the real world. Drake puts you directly in it.

Located in Iowa’s capital, Des Moines, Iowa, Drake students have access to a thriving city filled with internships, networking opportunities, research experiences, and community partnerships. 

Drake students learn in classrooms with real stakes. In the newsroom, our students are up late breaking a news story that becomes tomorrow’s front-page news. In the lab, they work on research questions that don’t have answers yet. On the stage, they perform for a full house. They turn their startup ideas into future Fortune 500 companies. They become their own students’ favorite teacher. They came to learn how to heal, because tomorrow has a waiting room full of reasons why.

Your classmates are your collaborators. Not your competition. 

College is about more than choosing a major. It's about finding people who challenge your thinking, share your drive, and show up when it counts.

The connections you make here don’t just stay on campus. Your classmates become your future colleagues, your sounding board, and the people you call five years from now when you want to share big life moments. That doesn’t end at graduation; it’s a lifelong network that you earned.

Because your college experience is a relay, not a solo race.