Academics
Majors and faculty
The most popular major is Business Administration and Management, General (12% of graduates). 14 students for every faculty member, more than at 58% of colleges. 57% of faculty are full-time. Spends $10,084 a year on instruction per student.
Most popular majors
3,641 bachelor's degrees, 2024–25 graduates
The top 5 programs account for 40% of graduates; 61 programs in 21 fields awarded at least one.
- Business Administration and Management, General 52.020112% 425Graduates in this field earn $78,497 4 years out
- Psychology, General 42.01019.4% 344Graduates in this field earn $55,497 4 years out
- Information Technology 11.01037.3% 264Graduates in this field earn $75,785 4 years out
- Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse 51.38016.9% 251Graduates in this field earn $91,044 4 years out
- Computer Science 11.07014.3% 156Graduates in this field earn $104,653 4 years out
Fastest-growing field: Computer science, 4.7% → 13% of graduates since 2014–15 (458 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
Computer Science$104,653 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $71,795
4 years after completion$104,653National median: $107,009About typical4 years out, Pell: $88,340 · Non-Pell: $103,236(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $17,625 · 343 graduates, two most recent years combined
Accounting and Related Services$91,252 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $64,012
4 years after completion$91,252National median: $76,194Above typical4 years out, Pell: $69,013 · Non-Pell: $74,274(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $19,000 · 218 graduates, two most recent years combined
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$91,044 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $80,344
4 years after completion$91,044National median: $88,910About typical4 years out, Pell: $74,482 · Non-Pell: $74,647(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $20,464 · 521 graduates, two most recent years combined
Physics$90,457 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: Too few graduates to report
4 years after completion$90,457National median: $76,786Above typicalMedian federal debt: $24,250 · 25 graduates, two most recent years combined
Business Administration, Management and Operations$78,497 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $54,772
4 years after completion$78,497National median: $68,257Above typical4 years out, Pell: $64,237 · Non-Pell: $70,405(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $17,250 · 985 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 15 to 1 in its Common Data Set (17,151 students, 1,145 faculty).
Not the average class size: faculty also teach graduate students and do research, and large lectures can sit alongside small seminars.
Class sizes
35%
of classes have fewer than 20 students; 3% have 50 or more
| Students | sections | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2–9 | 152 | 6% |
| 10–19 | 784 | 29% |
| 20–29 | 1,058 | 40% |
| 30–39 | 498 | 19% |
| 40–49 | 90 | 3% |
| 50–99 | 69 | 3% |
| 100+ | 8 | 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
- English as a Second Language
- Domestic exchange program
- Honors program
- Independent study
- Internships
- Liberal arts/career combination
- Student-designed major
- Teacher certification
- Study abroad
- Undergraduate research
Requires coursework in arts, computer literacy, English composition, a foreign language, history, humanities, intensive writing, math, philosophy, a natural science, and social science.
$89,749
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;Towson University Common Data Set 2022–23, Fall 2022;Towson University Common Data Set 2022–23, 2022–23;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2025–26About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)