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Academics

Majors and faculty

The most popular major is Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse (33% of graduates). 17 students for every faculty member, more than at 78% of colleges. 78% of faculty are full-time. Spends $27,629 a year on instruction per student.

Most popular majors

1,882 bachelor's degrees, 2024–25 graduates

The top 5 programs account for 57% of graduates; 37 programs in 20 fields awarded at least one.

  1. Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse 51.380133% 614
    Graduates in this field earn $83,201 4 years out
  2. Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other 30.999911% 200
    Graduates in this field earn $48,369 4 years out
  3. Psychology, General 42.01015.4% 102
    Graduates in this field earn $43,908 4 years out
  4. Teacher Education, Multiple Levels 13.12064.3% 81
  5. Exercise Science and Kinesiology 31.05053.8% 71
    Graduates in this field earn $52,101 4 years out

Fastest-growing field: Health professions, 21% → 35% of graduates since 2014–15 (651 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. Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering$95,295 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $78,266

    4 years after completion$95,295
    National median: $100,647Below typical

    4 years out, Pell: $81,018 · Non-Pell: Too few graduates to report(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)

    Median federal debt: $18,500 · 75 graduates, two most recent years combined

  2. Construction Management$91,845 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $71,123

    4 years after completion$91,845
    National median: $95,124About typical

    Median federal debt: $25,000 · 32 graduates, two most recent years combined

  3. Mechanical Engineering$88,562 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $64,977

    4 years after completion$88,562
    National median: $92,135Below typical

    4 years out, Pell: $80,551 · Non-Pell: Too few graduates to report(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)

    Median federal debt: $17,788 · 143 graduates, two most recent years combined

  4. Civil Engineering$88,102 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $67,671

    4 years after completion$88,102
    National median: $86,517About typical

    4 years out, Pell: $79,865 · Non-Pell: Too few graduates to report(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)

    Median federal debt: $18,750 · 97 graduates, two most recent years combined

  5. Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$83,201 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $73,963

    4 years after completion$83,201
    National median: $88,910Below typical

    4 years out, Pell: $71,084 · Non-Pell: $64,894(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)

    Median federal debt: $17,483 · 1,202 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 college17 to 1
17 to 1
← Fewer students per facultymore students per faculty member than 78% of 1,892More students per faculty →

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

Full-time faculty78%
National median: 67%Above typical
Average faculty salary

$92,651

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.

Instruction spending per student$27,629
$27,629
← Lessmore than 94% of 557More →
Endowment per student$25,727
$25,727
← Lessmore than 76% of 537More →

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)