Drake earned 53 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 1 in the top 1%, 10 in the top 5%, 25 in the top 10% and 17 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #5 of 516 in Top Ranked for Health Sciences & Services, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 53 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 1 / 10
Highest placement: #5 of 516, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 16
Placements this edition: 240
Badge cutoff: a top 15% placement in a ranking
Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2027. Data as of: July 2026.
How Many Ranking Badges Has Drake University Earned?
Drake University holds 53 ranking badges across 16 fields of study, 11 of them in the top 5% or better; each badge is an award for placing in the top 15% of a ranking. Rankings on this page are updated as new federal data is released. These badges come from the 2027 edition. The tier columns show the best placement reached in each ranking. Learn more about our data sources and methodologies. To use these badges in your college’s communications, administrators can contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
1
Top 5%
10
Top 10%
25
Top 15%
17
Total
53
What Is Drake University Known For?
Drake University is best known for Business, Management & Marketing: 8 of its 52 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Health Sciences & Services, Writing Studies and Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences.
How Does Drake University Rank for Online Students?
Drake University earned no online-program badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s online-program rankings is #20 of 48 in Most Popular Online for Radio, TV & Digital Communication (top 42%).
How Does Drake University Rank for Veterans?
Drake University earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #841 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 18%).
The rankings above are based primarily on data from the U.S. Department of Education, 2027 edition. Drake University appears in 240 of the College Factual rankings covered on this page.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
by our College Data Analytics Team