Academics
Majors and faculty
The most popular major is Psychology, General (15% of graduates). 9 students for every faculty member, fewer than at 84% of colleges. 56% of faculty are full-time. Spends $17,884 a year on instruction per student.
Most popular majors
186 bachelor's degrees, 2024–25 graduates
The top 5 programs account for 45% of graduates; 30 programs in 18 fields awarded at least one.
- Psychology, General 42.010115% 28Graduates in this field earn $44,901 4 years out
- Biology/Biological Sciences, General 26.01018.6% 16
- Writing, General 23.13017.5% 14
- Speech Communication and Rhetoric 09.01017.0% 13Graduates in this field earn $52,752 4 years out
- Business Administration and Management, General 52.02016.5% 12Graduates in this field earn $65,402 4 years out
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
Business Administration, Management and Operations$65,402 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $46,511
4 years after completion$65,402National median: $68,257Below typicalMedian federal debt: $25,000 · 44 graduates, two most recent years combined
Communication and Media Studies$52,752 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: Too few graduates to report
4 years after completion$52,752National median: $56,359Below typicalMedian federal debt: $26,000 · 27 graduates, two most recent years combined
Economics$51,727 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $46,774
4 years after completion$51,727National median: $82,686Below typicalMedian federal debt: $25,000 · 26 graduates, two most recent years combined
English Language and Literature, General$46,333 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $32,545
4 years after completion$46,333National median: $48,590Below typicalMedian federal debt: $26,000 · 10 graduates, two most recent years combined
Psychology, General$44,901 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $31,463
4 years after completion$44,901National median: $50,706Below typical4 years out, Pell: $43,366 · Non-Pell: $45,710(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $26,000 · 95 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 10 to 1 in its Common Data Set (1,032 students, 106 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
- Cross-registration
- Distance learning
- Double major
- Dual enrollment
- Independent study
- Internships
- Student-designed major
- Study abroad
- Undergraduate research
Requires coursework in arts, English composition, a foreign language, humanities, intensive writing, math, a natural science, and social science.
$75,442
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;Goucher College Common Data Set 2025–26, Fall 2025;Goucher 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)