Academics
Majors and faculty
The most popular major is Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse (13% of graduates). 14 students for every faculty member, more than at 58% of colleges. 77% of faculty are full-time. Spends $10,441 a year on instruction per student.
Most popular majors
264 bachelor's degrees, 2024–25 graduates
The top 5 programs account for 48% of graduates; 22 programs in 8 fields awarded at least one.
- Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse 51.380113% 35Graduates in this field earn $81,504 4 years out
- Management Information Systems and Services, Other 52.129911% 29Graduates in this field earn $58,332 4 years out
- Mechanical Engineering 14.190110% 27Graduates in this field earn $82,443 4 years out
- Civil Engineering, General 14.08017.2% 19
- Biology/Biological Sciences, General 26.01016.8% 18
Fastest-growing field: Health professions, 14% → 25% of graduates since 2014–15 (67 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
Petroleum Engineering$106,076 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $69,212
4 years after completion$106,076National median: $104,823About typical4 years out, Pell: $98,347 · Non-Pell: $141,044(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $27,000 · 35 graduates, two most recent years combined
Geological/Geophysical Engineering$93,629 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: Too few graduates to report
4 years after completion$93,629National median: $77,880Above typicalMedian federal debt: Too few graduates to report · 14 graduates, two most recent years combined
Public Health$86,855 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $74,771
4 years after completion$86,855National median: $58,808Above typical4 years out, Pell: $77,409 · Non-Pell: Too few graduates to report(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $26,500 · 40 graduates, two most recent years combined
Mechanical Engineering$82,443 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $73,901
4 years after completion$82,443National median: $92,135Below typicalMedian federal debt: $25,750 · 76 graduates, two most recent years combined
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$81,504 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $74,338
4 years after completion$81,504National median: $88,910Below typicalMedian federal debt: $26,036 · 93 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.
$78,482
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)
