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.
- Business Administration and Management, General 52.020114% 77Graduates in this field earn $84,973 4 years out
- Experimental Psychology 42.27049.8% 54
- Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology 26.09089.1% 50Graduates in this field earn $75,320 4 years out
- Econometrics and Quantitative Economics 45.06038.9% 49Graduates in this field earn $94,295 4 years out
- History, General 54.01018.7% 48Graduates 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
Computer Science$114,433 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $74,642
4 years after completion$114,433National median: $107,009Above typicalMedian federal debt: $27,000 · 42 graduates, two most recent years combined
Economics$94,295 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $62,925
4 years after completion$94,295National median: $82,686Above typical4 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
Business Administration, Management and Operations$84,973 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $51,673
4 years after completion$84,973National median: $68,257Above typical4 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
Political Science and Government$76,597 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $43,322
4 years after completion$76,597National median: $63,293Above typical4 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
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences$75,320 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $37,977
4 years after completion$75,320National median: $62,172Above typicalMedian 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.
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.
$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.
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)
