Academics
Majors and faculty
The most popular major is Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse (11% of graduates). 12 students for every faculty member, fewer than at 59% of colleges. 56% of faculty are full-time. Spends $10,994 a year on instruction per student.
Most popular majors
413 bachelor's degrees, 2024–25 graduates
The top 5 programs account for 42% of graduates; 33 programs in 17 fields awarded at least one.
- Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse 51.380111% 47Graduates in this field earn $76,031 4 years out
- Physical Education Teaching and Coaching 13.131410% 42Graduates in this field earn $43,300 4 years out
- Business/Commerce, General 52.01017.7% 32Graduates in this field earn $45,058 4 years out
- Elementary Education and Teaching 13.12027.5% 31Graduates in this field earn $41,177 4 years out
- Biology/Biological Sciences, General 26.01015.3% 22Graduates in this field earn $46,266 4 years out
Fastest-growing field: Visual and performing arts, 5.5% → 9.4% of graduates since 2014–15 (39 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$76,031 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $68,221
4 years after completion$76,031National median: $88,910Below typicalMedian federal debt: $15,610 · 92 graduates, two most recent years combined
Business Administration, Management and Operations$55,424 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: Too few graduates to report
4 years after completion$55,424National median: $68,257Below typicalMedian federal debt: $18,500 · 26 graduates, two most recent years combined
Social Work$47,196 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: Too few graduates to report
4 years after completion$47,196National median: $51,790Below typicalMedian federal debt: $23,125 · 35 graduates, two most recent years combined
Biology, General$46,266 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $20,823
4 years after completion$46,266National median: $57,214Below typicalMedian federal debt: $19,500 · 75 graduates, two most recent years combined
Business/Commerce, General$45,058 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $30,953
4 years after completion$45,058National median: $68,407Below typicalMedian federal debt: $15,000 · 44 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.
Not the average class size: faculty also teach graduate students and do research, and large lectures can sit alongside small seminars.
$67,531
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;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2025–26About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)