Academics
Majors and faculty
The most popular major is Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse (11% of graduates). 13 students for every faculty member, fewer than at 50% of colleges. 40% of faculty are full-time. Spends $11,056 a year on instruction per student.
Most popular majors
1,137 bachelor's degrees, 2024–25 graduates
The top 5 programs account for 41% of graduates; 70 programs in 24 fields awarded at least one.
- Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse 51.380111% 123Graduates in this field earn $85,320 4 years out
- Aviation/Airway Management and Operations 49.01048.6% 98Graduates in this field earn $87,197 4 years out
- Computer Science 11.07018.1% 92Graduates in this field earn $82,159 4 years out
- Business Administration and Management, General 52.02016.9% 78Graduates in this field earn $71,987 4 years out
- Psychology, General 42.01016.4% 73Graduates in this field earn $52,029 4 years out
Fastest-growing field: Computer science, 2.7% → 13% of graduates since 2014–15 (149 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
Air Transportation$87,197 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $39,228
4 years after completion$87,197National median: $85,825About typical4 years out, Pell: $62,660 · Non-Pell: $76,028(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $25,000 · 219 graduates, two most recent years combined
Management Information Systems and Services$86,275 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: Too few graduates to report
4 years after completion$86,275National median: $83,290About typicalMedian federal debt: Too few graduates to report · 7 graduates, two most recent years combined
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management$86,015 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $57,984
4 years after completion$86,015National median: $85,063About typicalMedian federal debt: $22,000 · 20 graduates, two most recent years combined
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$85,320 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $76,766
4 years after completion$85,320National median: $88,910Below typical4 years out, Pell: $78,296 · Non-Pell: $78,314(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $25,000 · 207 graduates, two most recent years combined
Computer Science$82,159 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $60,726
4 years after completion$82,159National median: $107,009Below typical4 years out, Pell: $87,475 · Non-Pell: Too few graduates to report(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $19,049 · 238 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 13 to 1 in its Common Data Set (5,613 students, 432 faculty).
Not the average class size: faculty also teach graduate students and do research, and large lectures can sit alongside small seminars.
Programs & curriculum
- Accelerated program
- Distance learning
- Double major
- Dual enrollment
- English as a Second Language
- Honors program
- Independent study
- Internships
- Liberal arts/career combination
- Student-designed major
- Teacher certification
- Study abroad
- Undergraduate research
Requires coursework in arts, English composition, history, humanities, intensive writing, math, philosophy, a natural science, and social science.
$94,266
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;Lewis University Common Data Set 2024–25, Fall 2024;Lewis University Common Data Set 2024–25, 2024–25;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2025–26About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)