Weeks after being named one of the Midwest’s best universities according to U.S. News and World Report’s 2019 Best Colleges rankings, Drake University is pleased to announce recognition on another distinctive list.
According to results reported by the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy, Drake, a fully accredited AACSB business school, ranked 14th out of nearly 800 institutions in the nation for its pass rate on the 2017 Certified Public Accountant (CPA) exam. The University’s accounting graduates, taking the CPA exam for the first time, recorded an average pass rate of nearly 80 percent, well above the national average of approximately 53 percent.