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Fordham UniversityBronx, NY · Private nonprofit

Academics

Majors and faculty

The most popular major is Financial Mathematics (11% of graduates). 14 students for every faculty member, more than at 58% of colleges. 100% of faculty are full-time. Spends $19,044 a year on instruction per student.

Most popular majors

2,601 bachelor's degrees, 2024–25 graduates

The top 5 programs account for 39% of graduates; 58 programs in 19 fields awarded at least one.

  1. Financial Mathematics 27.030511% 277
  2. Psychology, General 42.01018.6% 224
    Graduates in this field earn $62,273 4 years out
  3. Business Administration and Management, General 52.02017.2% 187
    Graduates in this field earn $90,192 4 years out
  4. International Business/Trade/Commerce 52.11016.7% 175
    Graduates in this field earn $106,665 4 years out
  5. Political Science and Government, General 45.10016.0% 157
    Graduates in this field earn $74,419 4 years out

Fastest-growing field: Math and statistics, 1.5% → 13% of graduates since 2014–15 (330 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

  1. Finance and Financial Management Services$141,860 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $83,789

    4 years after completion$141,860
    National median: $83,343Above typical

    4 years out, Pell: $101,426 · Non-Pell: $115,137(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)

    Median federal debt: $26,870 · 491 graduates, two most recent years combined

  2. Mathematics and Statistics, Other$117,344 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $59,063

    4 years after completion$117,344
    National median: $88,839Above typical

    Median federal debt: $22,375 · 94 graduates, two most recent years combined

  3. Accounting and Related Services$117,024 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $76,473

    4 years after completion$117,024
    National median: $76,194Above typical

    4 years out, Pell: $90,133 · Non-Pell: $96,895(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)

    Median federal debt: $23,000 · 172 graduates, two most recent years combined

  4. International Business$106,665 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $65,131

    4 years after completion$106,665
    National median: $73,201Above typical

    Median federal debt: $23,250 · 277 graduates, two most recent years combined

  5. Computer and Information Sciences, General$97,265 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $64,614

    4 years after completion$97,265
    National median: $92,374Above typical

    4 years out, Pell: $87,583 · Non-Pell: $84,026(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)

    Median federal debt: $26,424 · 188 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.

Students per faculty member vs. every college14 to 1
14 to 1
← Fewer students per facultymore students per faculty member than 58% of 1,892More students per faculty →

The college also reports 13 to 1 in its Common Data Set (11,418 students, 885 faculty).

Not the average class size: faculty also teach graduate students and do research, and large lectures can sit alongside small seminars.

Class sizes

52%

of classes have fewer than 20 students; 1% have 50 or more

Under 20 students 20 or moreStudents per class section
Undergraduate class sections by number of students
StudentssectionsShare
2–91688%
10–1988944%
20–2936218%
30–3957728%
40–49301%
50–99131%
100+20%

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.

Full-time faculty100%
National median: 67%Above typical
Average faculty salary

$146,125

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 private nonprofit colleges: public and private colleges report finances on different accounting forms that aren't comparable.

Instruction spending per student$19,044
$19,044
← Lessmore than 84% of 1,199More →
Endowment per student$62,713
$62,713
← Lessmore than 66% of 1,065More →

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;Fordham University Common Data Set 2019–20, Fall 2019;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2025–26About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)