Academics
Majors and faculty
The most popular major is Business Administration and Management, General (14% of graduates). 7 students for every faculty member, fewer than at 92% of colleges. 100% of faculty are full-time. Spends $35,824 a year on instruction per student.
Most popular majors
919 bachelor's degrees, 2024–25 graduates
The top 5 programs account for 49% of graduates; 30 programs in 14 fields awarded at least one.
- Business Administration and Management, General 52.020114% 131
- Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering, General 14.020113% 121
- Biology/Biological Sciences, General 26.01018.2% 75
- Systems Engineering 14.27017.5% 69
- Military Technologies and Applied Sciences, Other 29.99996.1% 56
Fastest-growing field: Military technologies, 0.0% → 7.1% of graduates since 2014–15 (65 graduates in 2024–25).
Source:IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2014–15 to 2024–25About the data(built 2026-10-12; CPI retrieved 2026-10-12)
Bachelor's degrees awarded July through June, by federal program name (), which can differ from what the college calls a major. A double major counts once, under the ; its other field is a .
The college also reports 6 to 1 in its Common Data Set (4,307 students, 756 faculty).
Not the average class size: faculty also teach graduate students and do research, and large lectures can sit alongside small seminars.
Class sizes
79%
of classes have fewer than 20 students; 0% have 50 or more
| Students | sections | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2–9 | 145 | 13% |
| 10–19 | 771 | 67% |
| 20–29 | 186 | 16% |
| 30–39 | 28 | 2% |
| 40–49 | 21 | 2% |
| 50–99 | 3 | 0% |
| 100+ | 0 | 0% |
This counts class sections, not students: a lecture of 300 is one section, so a student is more likely to sit in a large class than the share of sections suggests. Labs and discussion sections are counted separately and left out here.
Programs & curriculum
- Double major
- English as a Second Language
- Domestic exchange program
- Honors program
- Independent study
- Internships
- Study abroad
Requires coursework in computer literacy, English composition, a foreign language, history, humanities, math, philosophy, a natural science, and social science.
$104,490
9-month equated, all ranks combined. Pay tracks local cost of living as much as a college's generosity.
Spending and endowment
Fiscal 2023–24. Compared only against other public colleges: public and private colleges report finances on different accounting forms that aren't comparable. Many public universities' endowments sit mostly in a separate foundation this survey doesn't count, so this likely understates what's actually available.
Sources:IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2024–25 graduates;College Scorecard Field of Study data, most recent release;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part D), Fall 2024;IPEDS Salaries survey (SAL, instructional staff, all ranks), Fall 2024;College Scorecard, Fall 2024;IPEDS Finance survey, derived per-student figures, 2023–24;United States Air Force Academy Common Data Set 2020–21, Fall 2020;United States Air Force Academy Common Data Set 2020–21, 2020–21;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2025–26About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)