Academics
Majors and faculty
The most popular major is Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse (52% of graduates). 10 students for every faculty member, fewer than at 76% of colleges. 68% of faculty are full-time. Spends $10,301 a year on instruction per student.
Most popular majors
565 bachelor's degrees, 2024–25 graduates
The top 5 programs account for 79% of graduates; 23 programs in 18 fields awarded at least one.
- Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse 51.380152% 292Graduates in this field earn $91,522 4 years out
- Business Administration and Management, General 52.020114% 77Graduates in this field earn $42,035 4 years out
- Public Health Education and Promotion 51.22075.3% 30Graduates in this field earn $38,325 4 years out
- Elementary Education and Teaching 13.12024.4% 25Graduates in this field earn $40,196 4 years out
- Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist 51.02034.1% 23Graduates in this field earn $49,488 4 years out
Fastest-growing field: Business, 9.2% → 14% of graduates since 2014–15 (77 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$91,522 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $74,422
4 years after completion$91,522National median: $88,910About typical4 years out, Pell: $73,590 · Non-Pell: $66,072(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $12,500 · 736 graduates, two most recent years combined
Accounting and Related Services$52,829 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: Too few graduates to report
4 years after completion$52,829National median: $76,194Below typicalMedian federal debt: Too few graduates to report · 0 graduates, two most recent years combined
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services$49,488 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: Too few graduates to report
4 years after completion$49,488National median: $58,928Below typical4 years out, Pell: $54,836 · Non-Pell: Too few graduates to report(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: Too few graduates to report · 66 graduates, two most recent years combined
Legal Support Services$45,081 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $28,627
4 years after completion$45,081National median: $53,266Below typicalMedian federal debt: $21,500 · 14 graduates, two most recent years combined
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness$43,936 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: Too few graduates to report
4 years after completion$43,936National median: $54,562Below typicalMedian federal debt: $17,204 · 61 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.
$61,415
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)
