Academics
Majors and faculty
The most popular major is Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse (28% of graduates). 11 students for every faculty member, fewer than at 68% of colleges. 100% of faculty are full-time. Spends $12,170 a year on instruction per student.
Most popular majors
652 bachelor's degrees, 2024–25 graduates
The top 5 programs account for 53% of graduates; 34 programs in 18 fields awarded at least one.
- Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse 51.380128% 185Graduates in this field earn $86,470 4 years out
- Biology/Biological Sciences, General 26.01017.5% 49Graduates in this field earn $61,201 4 years out
- Psychology, General 42.01017.2% 47Graduates in this field earn $53,568 4 years out
- Finance, General 52.08015.4% 35Graduates in this field earn $70,455 4 years out
- Marketing/Marketing Management, General 52.14014.9% 32Graduates in this field earn $68,086 4 years out
Fastest-growing field: Health professions, 25% → 33% of graduates since 2014–15 (212 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$86,470 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $73,333
4 years after completion$86,470National median: $88,910About typical4 years out, Pell: $66,499 · Non-Pell: $67,753(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $25,375 · 409 graduates, two most recent years combined
Accounting and Related Services$72,171 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $54,178
4 years after completion$72,171National median: $76,194Below typical4 years out, Pell: $54,335 · Non-Pell: $63,959(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $27,000 · 68 graduates, two most recent years combined
Finance and Financial Management Services$70,455 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $46,785
4 years after completion$70,455National median: $83,343Below typical4 years out, Pell: $64,616 · Non-Pell: Too few graduates to report(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $22,875 · 77 graduates, two most recent years combined
Marketing$68,086 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $44,679
4 years after completion$68,086National median: $69,303About typical4 years out, Pell: $54,777 · Non-Pell: $57,767(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $21,500 · 62 graduates, two most recent years combined
Human Resources Management and Services$61,893 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: Too few graduates to report
4 years after completion$61,893National median: $68,069Below typicalMedian federal debt: Too few graduates to report · 12 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.
The college also reports 12 to 1 in its Common Data Set (2,782 students, 240 faculty).
Not the average class size: faculty also teach graduate students and do research, and large lectures can sit alongside small seminars.
Class sizes
39%
of classes have fewer than 20 students; 1% have 50 or more
| Students | sections | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2–9 | 48 | 8% |
| 10–19 | 181 | 31% |
| 20–29 | 293 | 50% |
| 30–39 | 56 | 9% |
| 40–49 | 6 | 1% |
| 50–99 | 5 | 1% |
| 100+ | 2 | 0% |
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.
Programs & curriculum
- Accelerated program
- Cross-registration
- Distance learning
- Double major
- Domestic exchange program
- Honors program
- Independent study
- Internships
- Liberal arts/career combination
- Student-designed major
- Teacher certification
- Weekend college
- Study abroad
Requires coursework in English composition, humanities, math, philosophy, a natural science, and social science.
$86,937
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.
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;St. John Fisher University Common Data Set 2025–26, Fall 2025;St. John Fisher University Common Data Set 2025–26, 2025–26;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2025–26About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)