You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Drake University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major in Iowa. Located in Des Moines, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 44 diplomas to qualified ’s legal studies students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.