Academics
Majors and faculty
The most popular major is Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse (34% of graduates). 16 students for every faculty member, more than at 72% of colleges. 96% of faculty are full-time. Spends $9,626 a year on instruction per student.
Most popular majors
548 bachelor's degrees, 2024–25 graduates
The top 5 programs account for 58% of graduates; 44 programs in 16 fields awarded at least one.
- Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse 51.380134% 188Graduates in this field earn $83,303 4 years out
- Social Work 44.07017.8% 43Graduates in this field earn $49,429 4 years out
- Business Administration and Management, General 52.02016.8% 37Graduates in this field earn $57,599 4 years out
- Elementary Education and Teaching 13.12025.3% 29Graduates in this field earn $43,228 4 years out
- Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer 51.09114.2% 23Graduates in this field earn $71,701 4 years out
Fastest-growing field: Health professions, 24% → 40% of graduates since 2014–15 (217 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$83,303 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $77,965
4 years after completion$83,303National median: $88,910Below typical4 years out, Pell: $75,599 · Non-Pell: $71,941(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $15,838 · 390 graduates, two most recent years combined
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions$71,701 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $61,097
4 years after completion$71,701National median: $70,786About typicalMedian federal debt: $19,750 · 61 graduates, two most recent years combined
Accounting and Related Services$59,869 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $43,798
4 years after completion$59,869National median: $76,194Below typical4 years out, Pell: $38,120 · Non-Pell: Too few graduates to report(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $22,000 · 44 graduates, two most recent years combined
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities$58,327 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $39,404
4 years after completion$58,327National median: $53,072Above typical4 years out, Pell: $37,438 · Non-Pell: Too few graduates to report(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $21,500 · 43 graduates, two most recent years combined
Business Administration, Management and Operations$57,599 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $41,473
4 years after completion$57,599National median: $68,257Below typical4 years out, Pell: $46,351 · Non-Pell: Too few graduates to report(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $19,469 · 109 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 17 to 1 in its Common Data Set (2,788 students, 166 faculty).
Not the average class size: faculty also teach graduate students and do research, and large lectures can sit alongside small seminars.
Class sizes
73%
of classes have fewer than 20 students; 3% have 50 or more
| Students | sections | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2–9 | 174 | 39% |
| 10–19 | 150 | 34% |
| 20–29 | 91 | 21% |
| 30–39 | 11 | 2% |
| 40–49 | 4 | 1% |
| 50–99 | 11 | 2% |
| 100+ | 1 | 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
- English as a Second Language
- Domestic exchange program
- Independent study
- Student-designed major
- Study abroad
- Undergraduate research
Requires coursework in English composition, humanities, and social science.
$67,980
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;Lewis-Clark State College Common Data Set 2025–26, Fall 2025;Lewis-Clark State College Common Data Set 2025–26, 2025–26;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2025–26About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)
