Academics
Majors and faculty
The most popular major is Business Administration and Management, General (24% of graduates). 11 students for every faculty member, fewer than at 68% of colleges. 60% of faculty are full-time. Spends $12,940 a year on instruction per student.
Most popular majors
350 bachelor's degrees, 2024–25 graduates
The top 5 programs account for 60% of graduates; 27 programs in 14 fields awarded at least one.
- Business Administration and Management, General 52.020124% 84Graduates in this field earn $70,039 4 years out
- Biology/Biological Sciences, General 26.010112% 41Graduates in this field earn $53,322 4 years out
- Political Science and Government, General 45.100110% 35Graduates in this field earn $61,484 4 years out
- English Language and Literature, General 23.01019.4% 33Graduates in this field earn $50,113 4 years out
- Pre-Theology/Pre-Ministerial Studies 39.06044.9% 17Graduates in this field earn $49,564 4 years out
Fastest-growing field: Business, 15% → 24% of graduates since 2014–15 (84 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
Economics$78,699 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $55,732
4 years after completion$78,699National median: $82,686Below typicalMedian federal debt: $24,752 · 27 graduates, two most recent years combined
Business Administration, Management and Operations$70,039 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $40,057
4 years after completion$70,039National median: $68,257About typical4 years out, Pell: Too few graduates to report · Non-Pell: $68,972(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $24,000 · 124 graduates, two most recent years combined
Political Science and Government$61,484 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $41,639
4 years after completion$61,484National median: $63,293About typicalMedian federal debt: $21,500 · 69 graduates, two most recent years combined
Biology, General$53,322 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $30,920
4 years after completion$53,322National median: $57,214Below typicalMedian federal debt: $24,000 · 79 graduates, two most recent years combined
English Language and Literature, General$50,113 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $35,038
4 years after completion$50,113National median: $48,590About typicalMedian federal debt: $20,000 · 63 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 11 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
66%
of classes have fewer than 20 students; 3% have 50 or more
| Students | sections | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2–9 | 90 | 22% |
| 10–19 | 173 | 43% |
| 20–29 | 105 | 26% |
| 30–39 | 20 | 5% |
| 40–49 | 1 | 0% |
| 50–99 | 10 | 2% |
| 100+ | 2 | 0% |
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
- Double major
- Dual enrollment
- Independent study
- Internships
- Liberal arts/career combination
- Student-designed major
- Teacher certification
- Study abroad
Requires coursework in arts, English composition, a foreign language, history, humanities, math, philosophy, a natural science, and social science.
$80,150
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;University of Dallas Common Data Set 2025–26, Fall 2025;University of Dallas Common Data Set 2025–26, 2025–26;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2025–26About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)