Academics
Majors and faculty
The most popular major is Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse (43% of graduates). 17 students for every faculty member, more than at 78% of colleges. 50% of faculty are full-time. Spends $7,665 a year on instruction per student.
Most popular majors
249 bachelor's degrees, 2024–25 graduates
The top 5 programs account for 77% of graduates; 17 programs in 14 fields awarded at least one.
- Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse 51.380143% 108Graduates in this field earn $92,450 4 years out
- Business Administration and Management, General 52.020110% 26Graduates in this field earn $50,148 4 years out
- Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations 01.01029.6% 24
- Animal Sciences, General 01.09017.2% 18
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, General 31.05016.4% 16Graduates in this field earn $41,172 4 years out
Fastest-growing field: Health professions, 25% → 43% of graduates since 2014–15 (108 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$92,450 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $78,753
4 years after completion$92,450National median: $88,910Above typical4 years out, Pell: $80,873 · Non-Pell: Too few graduates to report(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $10,408 · 312 graduates, two most recent years combined
Business Administration, Management and Operations$50,148 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $44,397
4 years after completion$50,148National median: $68,257Below typicalMedian federal debt: $16,521 · 58 graduates, two most recent years combined
Biology, General$47,464 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $38,440
4 years after completion$47,464National median: $57,214Below typicalMedian federal debt: $19,673 · 38 graduates, two most recent years combined
Computer and Information Sciences, General$46,721 1 yr out
1 year after completion: $46,721
4 years after completion: Too few graduates to report
Median federal debt: Too few graduates to report · 13 graduates, two most recent years combined
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness$41,172 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: Too few graduates to report
4 years after completion$41,172National median: $54,562Below typicalMedian federal debt: Too few graduates to report · 45 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.
$47,148
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)