Academics
Majors and faculty
The most popular major is Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse (14% of graduates). 15 students for every faculty member, more than at 66% of colleges. 56% of faculty are full-time. Spends $8,667 a year on instruction per student.
Most popular majors
301 bachelor's degrees, 2024–25 graduates
The top 5 programs account for 52% of graduates; 27 programs in 17 fields awarded at least one.
- Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse 51.380114% 42Graduates in this field earn $85,283 4 years out
- Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology, Other 31.999913% 38Graduates in this field earn $38,610 4 years out
- Psychology, General 42.010110.0% 30Graduates in this field earn $41,641 4 years out
- Business Administration and Management, General 52.02018.6% 26Graduates in this field earn $58,292 4 years out
- General Studies 24.01027.3% 22Graduates in this field earn $44,123 4 years out
Fastest-growing field: Health professions, 12% → 14% of graduates since 2014–15 (42 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$85,283 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $65,335
4 years after completion$85,283National median: $88,910Below typical4 years out, Pell: $65,367 · Non-Pell: Too few graduates to report(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $13,488 · 71 graduates, two most recent years combined
Criminal Justice and Corrections$59,355 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: Too few graduates to report
4 years after completion$59,355National median: $55,378Above typicalMedian federal debt: Too few graduates to report · 32 graduates, two most recent years combined
Business Administration, Management and Operations$58,292 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $44,000
4 years after completion$58,292National median: $68,257Below typical4 years out, Pell: $40,264 · Non-Pell: Too few graduates to report(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $15,787 · 47 graduates, two most recent years combined
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas$50,705 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: Too few graduates to report
4 years after completion$50,705National median: $51,389About typicalMedian federal debt: Too few graduates to report · 31 graduates, two most recent years combined
Agricultural Business and Management$49,666 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: Too few graduates to report
4 years after completion$49,666National median: $66,647Below typicalMedian federal debt: Too few graduates to report · 61 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.
$64,501
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)
