Academics
Majors and faculty
The most popular major is Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse (9% of graduates). 23 students for every faculty member, more than at 96% of colleges. 84% of faculty are full-time. Spends $10,440 a year on instruction per student.
Most popular majors
1,373 bachelor's degrees, 2024–25 graduates
The top 5 programs account for 31% of graduates; 57 programs in 23 fields awarded at least one.
- Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse 51.38019.4% 129Graduates in this field earn $82,343 4 years out
- Criminology 45.04017.1% 98Graduates in this field earn $53,762 4 years out
- Business Administration and Management, General 52.02015.3% 73Graduates in this field earn $58,931 4 years out
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, General 31.05014.8% 66Graduates in this field earn $52,984 4 years out
- Marketing/Marketing Management, General 52.14014.7% 64Graduates in this field earn $58,043 4 years out
Fastest-growing field: Health professions, 8.9% → 15% of graduates since 2014–15 (202 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
Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians$90,257 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $68,996
4 years after completion$90,257National median: $86,525Above typical4 years out, Pell: $67,912 · Non-Pell: $77,888(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $26,000 · 120 graduates, two most recent years combined
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$82,343 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $68,936
4 years after completion$82,343National median: $88,910Below typical4 years out, Pell: $67,455 · Non-Pell: $67,503(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $27,000 · 259 graduates, two most recent years combined
Computer and Information Sciences, General$77,097 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $54,561
4 years after completion$77,097National median: $92,374Below typical4 years out, Pell: $71,891 · Non-Pell: $71,073(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $27,000 · 74 graduates, two most recent years combined
Economics$75,865 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $46,860
4 years after completion$75,865National median: $82,686Below typical4 years out, Pell: $48,989 · Non-Pell: Too few graduates to report(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $27,000 · 37 graduates, two most recent years combined
Biological and Physical Sciences$71,028 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $25,311
4 years after completion$71,028National median: $58,891Above typical4 years out, Pell: $57,681 · Non-Pell: Too few graduates to report(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $26,000 · 54 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.
$106,890
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)
