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Academics

Majors and faculty

The most popular major is Business Administration and Management, General (14% of graduates). 10 students for every faculty member, fewer than at 76% of colleges. 81% of faculty are full-time. Spends $15,097 a year on instruction per student.

Most popular majors

552 bachelor's degrees, 2024–25 graduates

The top 5 programs account for 50% of graduates; 34 programs in 16 fields awarded at least one.

  1. Business Administration and Management, General 52.020114% 77
    Graduates in this field earn $84,973 4 years out
  2. Experimental Psychology 42.27049.8% 54
  3. Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology 26.09089.1% 50
    Graduates in this field earn $75,320 4 years out
  4. Econometrics and Quantitative Economics 45.06038.9% 49
    Graduates in this field earn $94,295 4 years out
  5. History, General 54.01018.7% 48
    Graduates in this field earn $52,904 4 years out

Fastest-growing field: Business, 8.2% → 14% of graduates since 2014–15 (77 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. Computer Science$114,433 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $74,642

    4 years after completion$114,433
    National median: $107,009Above typical

    Median federal debt: $27,000 · 42 graduates, two most recent years combined

  2. Economics$94,295 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $62,925

    4 years after completion$94,295
    National median: $82,686Above typical

    4 years out, Pell: Too few graduates to report · Non-Pell: $86,674(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)

    Median federal debt: $26,812 · 130 graduates, two most recent years combined

  3. Business Administration, Management and Operations$84,973 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $51,673

    4 years after completion$84,973
    National median: $68,257Above typical

    4 years out, Pell: Too few graduates to report · Non-Pell: $74,768(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)

    Median federal debt: $27,000 · 155 graduates, two most recent years combined

  4. Political Science and Government$76,597 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $43,322

    4 years after completion$76,597
    National median: $63,293Above typical

    4 years out, Pell: Too few graduates to report · Non-Pell: $67,826(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)

    Median federal debt: $26,749 · 152 graduates, two most recent years combined

  5. Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences$75,320 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $37,977

    4 years after completion$75,320
    National median: $62,172Above typical

    Median federal debt: $27,000 · 124 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 college10 to 1
10 to 1
← Fewer students per facultyfewer students per faculty member than 76% of 1,892More students per faculty →

The college also reports 9.8 to 1 in its Common Data Set (1,985 students, 203 faculty).

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

Programs & curriculum

  • Cross-registration
  • Distance learning
  • Double major
  • Independent study
  • Internships
  • Student-designed major
  • Teacher certification
  • Study abroad
  • Undergraduate research

Requires coursework in arts, English composition, a foreign language, humanities, intensive writing, a natural science, and social science.

Full-time faculty81%
National median: 67%Above typical
Average faculty salary

$93,896

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.

Instruction spending per student$15,097
$15,097
← Lessmore than 74% of 1,199More →
Endowment per student$150,313
$150,313
← Lessmore than 84% of 1,065More →

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;Gettysburg College Common Data Set 2025–26, Fall 2025;Gettysburg College Common Data Set 2025–26, 2025–26;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2025–26About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)