Career and Post-Graduate Opportunities and Resources

Post-Graduate Scholarship and Fellowship Opportunities: Drake students have the opportunity to apply for several different scholarships and fellowships, including the Marshall, the Rhodes, the Carnegie and the Truman, among others. One of the most prestigious post-graduate scholarships available is the Fulbright Scholarship. Students who receive a Fulbright Scholarship are federally funded to spend up to one year of postgraduate study teaching or conducting research in a foreign country. Drake has produced many Fulbright scholars in the past 10 years and has been named a “Top Producing” university among Master’s granting institutions four times since 2006.

Local and National Career, Internship and Volunteer Opportunity Listings

• Political Jobs
• idealist.org
• govtjobs.com
• nonprofit-jobs.org
• Political Job Hunt website
• The Nonprofit Times
• Nonprofit Opportunities
• Guide to Nonprofit Jobs & Careers
• Opportunities in Public Affairs
• Executive Office of the President Internship 
• USAJobs
• State of Iowa Jobs
• The Hill's Job Listings
• U.S. House Jobs 
• U.S. Senate Placement Office
• Office of Personnel Management
• Library of Congress Jobs
• Des Moines City Government Jobs
• Public Administration Career Guide and Information
• Public Service Career Information
• Americorps Program
• Congressional Budget Office Careers
• Japan Information Center Internships

Drake Law 3 + 3 program: Qualified Drake students in the College of Arts and Sciences can earn an undergraduate degree and a law degree in six years rather than the usual seven. Through this program, students complete three years of full-time undergraduate study, use law school courses to meet the balance of required undergraduate credits, and receive their bachelors degree after the first year of law school. Visit the Drake Law School website for more information.

Resource Guide: A useful resource to students pursuing degrees in international relations, human rights, agronomy, and development studies, to reference when pursuing careers and opportunities within non-profit organizations as well as other organizations working to provide basic necessities to the most vulnerable populations.