Academics
Majors and faculty
The most popular major is Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse (37% of graduates). 11 students for every faculty member, fewer than at 68% of colleges. 55% of faculty are full-time. Spends $10,576 a year on instruction per student.
Most popular majors
616 bachelor's degrees, 2024–25 graduates
The top 5 programs account for 55% of graduates; 48 programs in 19 fields awarded at least one.
- Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse 51.380137% 228Graduates in this field earn $89,191 4 years out
- Psychology, General 42.01015.4% 33Graduates in this field earn $62,622 4 years out
- Business Administration and Management, General 52.02014.7% 29
- Health and Wellness, General 51.00014.1% 25
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, General 31.05013.9% 24Graduates in this field earn $52,065 4 years out
Fastest-growing field: Psychology, 0.5% → 5.4% of graduates since 2014–15 (33 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 . Earnings are College Scorecard's median for graduates of the program's broader field (), 4 years after completion; see Top-earning majors below.
Top-earning majors here
By earnings 4 years after completion
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$89,191 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $78,924
4 years after completion$89,191National median: $88,910About typical4 years out, Pell: $77,489 · Non-Pell: $82,952(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $20,500 · 493 graduates, two most recent years combined
Finance and Financial Management Services$70,456 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: Too few graduates to report
4 years after completion$70,456National median: $83,343Below typicalMedian federal debt: $22,000 · 33 graduates, two most recent years combined
Psychology, General$62,622 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: Too few graduates to report
4 years after completion$62,622National median: $50,706Above typicalMedian federal debt: $20,320 · 59 graduates, two most recent years combined
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods$61,660 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $48,375
4 years after completion$61,660National median: $86,176Below typical4 years out, Pell: $57,132 · Non-Pell: Too few graduates to report(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $20,832 · 37 graduates, two most recent years combined
Business Administration, Management and Operations$56,477 1 yr out
1 year after completion: $56,477
4 years after completion: Too few graduates to report
Median federal debt: $22,000 · 66 graduates, two most recent years combined
Bachelor's programs only, among graduates who received federal financial aid and were working (not enrolled in school) in the measurement year.
The college also reports 11 to 1 in its Common Data Set (3,382 students, 299 faculty).
Not the average class size: faculty also teach graduate students and do research, and large lectures can sit alongside small seminars.
Class sizes
54%
of classes have fewer than 20 students; 0% have 50 or more
| Students | sections | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2–9 | 115 | 17% |
| 10–19 | 253 | 37% |
| 20–29 | 238 | 35% |
| 30–39 | 62 | 9% |
| 40–49 | 15 | 2% |
| 50–99 | 2 | 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
- Accelerated program
- Cross-registration
- Distance learning
- Double major
- Dual enrollment
- Honors program
- Independent study
- Internships
- Liberal arts/career combination
- Student-designed major
- Teacher certification
- Weekend college
- Study abroad
Requires coursework in arts, computer literacy, English composition, a foreign language, history, humanities, intensive writing, math, philosophy, a natural science, and social science.
$78,778
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 private nonprofit colleges: public and private colleges report finances on different accounting forms that aren't comparable.
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;Jacksonville University Common Data Set 2025–26, Fall 2025;Jacksonville University Common Data Set 2025–26, 2025–26;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2025–26About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)
