Drake University is a private university in IA, founded in 1881, and offers Bachelor’s degrees for undergraduates and Master’s and Doctoral degrees for graduate students. The undergraduate enrollment is 2,902, and the graduate enrollment is 1,973. Drake University is a moderately selective school, receiving 6,624 applications and accepting 67.7% of applicants. Its athletics teams compete at the club, intramural, and varsity levels, and the university employs 300 full-time instructional staff (96% of whom hold doctorate degrees) with an 11:1 student-to-faculty ratio.