Academics
Majors and faculty
The most popular major is Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse (23% of graduates). 12 students for every faculty member, fewer than at 59% of colleges. 40% of faculty are full-time. Spends $32,364 a year on instruction per student.
Most popular majors
1,066 bachelor's degrees, 2024–25 graduates
The top 5 programs account for 60% of graduates; 43 programs in 14 fields awarded at least one.
- Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse 51.380123% 244Graduates in this field earn $99,839 4 years out
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General 51.000016% 170Graduates in this field earn $71,608 4 years out
- Family Practice Nurse/Nursing 51.380510% 111Graduates in this field earn $99,839 4 years out
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions, Other 51.09995.6% 60Graduates in this field earn $106,225 4 years out
- Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies 51.11025.5% 59
Fastest-growing field: Architecture, 0.0% → 7.7% of graduates since 2014–15 (82 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
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions$106,225 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $82,918
4 years after completion$106,225National median: $70,786Above typical4 years out, Pell: $85,566 · Non-Pell: $84,217(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $12,500 · 132 graduates, two most recent years combined
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$99,839 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $85,656
4 years after completion$99,839National median: $88,910Above typical4 years out, Pell: $83,997 · Non-Pell: $88,624(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $12,500 · 896 graduates, two most recent years combined
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions$83,402 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: Too few graduates to report
4 years after completion$83,402National median: $75,975Above typicalMedian federal debt: Too few graduates to report · 0 graduates, two most recent years combined
Business Administration, Management and Operations$74,992 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $45,225
4 years after completion$74,992National median: $68,257Above typical4 years out, Pell: $50,685 · Non-Pell: $60,891(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $25,875 · 32 graduates, two most recent years combined
Accounting and Related Services$72,558 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: Too few graduates to report
4 years after completion$72,558National median: $76,194Below typicalMedian federal debt: Too few graduates to report · 10 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 12.0 to 1 in its Common Data Set.
Not the average class size: faculty also teach graduate students and do research, and large lectures can sit alongside small seminars.
Class sizes
55%
of classes have fewer than 20 students; 2% have 50 or more
| Students | sections | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2–9 | 169 | 20% |
| 10–19 | 287 | 35% |
| 20–29 | 290 | 35% |
| 30–39 | 64 | 8% |
| 40–49 | 5 | 1% |
| 50–99 | 5 | 1% |
| 100+ | 8 | 1% |
This counts class sections, not students: a lecture of 300 is one section, so a student is more likely to sit in a large class than the share of sections suggests. Labs and discussion sections are counted separately and left out here.
Programs & curriculum
- Accelerated program
- Distance learning
- Double major
- Domestic exchange program
- Honors program
- Independent study
- Internships
- Liberal arts/career combination
- Study abroad
- Undergraduate research
Requires coursework in arts, computer literacy, English composition, history, humanities, intensive writing, math, a natural science, and social science.
$95,958
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;Thomas Jefferson University Common Data Set 2025–26, Fall 2025;Thomas Jefferson University Common Data Set 2025–26, 2025–26;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2025–26About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)
