Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Other Legal Professions & Studies for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Drake University landed the #1 spot on the list. Drake University is located in Des Moines, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 26 masters’s other legal professions and studies degrees to qualified students.
Drake did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Legal Professions & Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.According to our most recent data, Drake University supports 4,774 students, and 100 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 61 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,780. On top of their other funding sources, 11 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Drake University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.