Academics
Majors and faculty
The most popular major is Mechanical Engineering (7% of graduates). 6 students for every faculty member, fewer than at 95% of colleges. 99% of faculty are full-time. Spends $31,824 a year on instruction per student.
Most popular majors
1,041 bachelor's degrees, 2024–25 graduates
The top 5 programs account for 29% of graduates; 52 programs in 19 fields awarded at least one.
- Mechanical Engineering 14.19017.0% 73
- Military Applied Sciences, Other 29.03996.4% 67
- Systems Engineering 14.27015.7% 59
- Econometrics and Quantitative Economics 45.06034.9% 51
- Legal Studies 22.00004.6% 48
Fastest-growing field: Military technologies, 2.2% → 8.1% of graduates since 2014–15 (84 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 .
Not the average class size: faculty also teach graduate students and do research, and large lectures can sit alongside small seminars.
$108,920
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)