Academics
Majors and faculty
The most popular major is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General (13% of graduates). 17 students for every faculty member, more than at 78% of colleges. 50% of faculty are full-time. Spends $8,898 a year on instruction per student.
Most popular majors
1,848 bachelor's degrees, 2024–25 graduates
The top 5 programs account for 48% of graduates; 40 programs in 23 fields awarded at least one.
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General 51.000013% 237Graduates in this field earn $63,295 4 years out
- Business Administration and Management, General 52.020111% 201Graduates in this field earn $64,060 4 years out
- Psychology, General 42.01018.9% 164Graduates in this field earn $50,947 4 years out
- Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies 24.01018.1% 150Graduates in this field earn $54,628 4 years out
- Criminal Justice/Safety Studies 43.01047.1% 132
Fastest-growing field: Criminal justice and protective services, 0.0% → 7.1% of graduates since 2014–15 (132 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$97,739 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $81,885
4 years after completion$97,739National median: $88,910Above typical4 years out, Pell: $87,092 · Non-Pell: $85,291(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $27,000 · 150 graduates, two most recent years combined
Physics$86,849 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: Too few graduates to report
4 years after completion$86,849National median: $76,786Above typicalMedian federal debt: Too few graduates to report · 20 graduates, two most recent years combined
Information Science/Studies$79,310 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $56,594
4 years after completion$79,310National median: $85,294Below typical4 years out, Pell: $61,738 · Non-Pell: $76,795(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $18,875 · 16 graduates, two most recent years combined
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology$69,252 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $40,855
4 years after completion$69,252National median: $65,466Above typicalMedian federal debt: $22,940 · 43 graduates, two most recent years combined
Mathematics$64,242 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $53,915
4 years after completion$64,242National median: $69,562Below typical4 years out, Pell: $57,308 · Non-Pell: Too few graduates to report(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $23,468 · 47 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.
$103,256
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)
