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Academics

Majors and faculty

The most popular major is Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse (24% of graduates). 18 students for every faculty member, more than at 83% of colleges. 75% of faculty are full-time. Spends $10,470 a year on instruction per student.

Most popular majors

4,278 bachelor's degrees, 2024–25 graduates

The top 5 programs account for 43% of graduates; 120 programs in 25 fields awarded at least one.

  1. Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse 51.380124% 1,035
    Graduates in this field earn $87,308 4 years out
  2. Psychology, General 42.01017.0% 299
    Graduates in this field earn $49,399 4 years out
  3. Marketing/Marketing Management, General 52.14014.9% 209
    Graduates in this field earn $78,506 4 years out
  4. Speech Communication and Rhetoric 09.01013.9% 165
    Graduates in this field earn $54,695 4 years out
  5. Zoology/Animal Biology 26.07013.0% 129
    Graduates in this field earn $55,352 4 years out

Fastest-growing field: Business, 10.0% → 16% of graduates since 2014–15 (667 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. Air Transportation$99,701 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: Too few graduates to report

    4 years after completion$99,701
    National median: $85,825Above typical

    Median federal debt: $22,067 · 86 graduates, two most recent years combined

  2. Industrial Engineering$99,364 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $70,199

    4 years after completion$99,364
    National median: $98,442About typical

    Median federal debt: $27,000 · 40 graduates, two most recent years combined

  3. Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering$94,673 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $64,226

    4 years after completion$94,673
    National median: $100,647Below typical

    4 years out, Pell: $89,745 · Non-Pell: Too few graduates to report(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)

    Median federal debt: $23,125 · 31 graduates, two most recent years combined

  4. Management Information Systems and Services$93,774 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $68,154

    4 years after completion$93,774
    National median: $83,290Above typical

    4 years out, Pell: $73,621 · Non-Pell: $77,223(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)

    Median federal debt: $25,309 · 168 graduates, two most recent years combined

  5. Computer Science$93,282 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $73,932

    4 years after completion$93,282
    National median: $107,009Below typical

    4 years out, Pell: Too few graduates to report · Non-Pell: $78,787(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)

    Median federal debt: $21,490 · 113 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 college18 to 1
18 to 1
← Fewer students per facultymore students per faculty member than 83% of 1,892More students per faculty →

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

Full-time faculty75%
National median: 67%Above typical
Average faculty salary

$88,727

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.

Instruction spending per student$10,470
$10,470
← Lessmore than 47% of 557More →
Endowment per student$32,699
$32,699
← Lessmore than 81% of 537More →

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)