Secondary Education at Drake University

If you are interested in studying secondary education, you may want to check out the program at Drake University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Drake is located in Des Moines, Iowa and approximately 4,774 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 14 secondary teaching majors received their bachelor's degree from Drake.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Secondary Education section at the bottom of this page.

Drake Secondary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Secondary Teaching
• Master’s Degree in Secondary Teaching

Drake Secondary Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks secondary teaching programs across the country. The following shows how Drake performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The secondary teaching major at Drake is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Secondary Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	10
Best Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	12
Best Value Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	15
Best Secondary Education Schools	21
	28
Best Value Secondary Education Schools	48
	64
Most Popular Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	75
Most Popular Secondary Education Schools	83
Most Popular Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	83
Most Focused Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	88
	94
Best Value Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	102
Most Focused Secondary Education Schools	102
Most Focused Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	105

In 2021, 17 students received their master’s degree in secondary teaching from Drake. This makes it the #83 most popular school for secondary teaching master’s degree candidates in the country.

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at Drake

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the secondary teaching majors at Drake University.

Drake Secondary Education Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students earned a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching from Drake. About 79% of these graduates were women and the other 21% were men.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching at Drake are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its secondary teaching bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Drake University with a bachelor's in secondary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Drake Secondary Education Master’s Program

Of the 17 secondary teaching students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Drake, about 59% were men and 41% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 37% men graduate in secondary teaching each year. Drake does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 22% more men than average.

Of the students who received a secondary teaching master's degree from Drake, 88% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Drake University with a master's in secondary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Drake also has a doctoral program available in secondary teaching. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Adult & Continuing Education
• Elementary Education

Careers That Secondary Teaching Grads May Go Into

A degree in secondary teaching can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IA, the home state for Drake University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
High School Teachers	13,010	$56,510

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Limitingflame1 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.