Academic Program

Class size, student to faculty ratio, and faculty profile

During the 2023-24 academic year, the average class size is 18 and the median class size is 17. The current student to faculty ratio is 9 to 1. All tenured and tenure-track faculty members have a doctorate or other terminal degree. Of the 210+ full-time faculty, 26% are domestic persons of color or international.

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Full-Time Faculty Profile

	Percent with Doctorate or Terminal Degree	Percent Tenured	Percent Female
2019-20	96.8%	66.2%	45.0%
2020-21	96.8%	66.4%	45.0%
2021-22	96.8%	67.1%	44.7%
2022-23	97%	67%	45.5%
2023-24	96.2%	67.1%	45.2%

Race/Ethnicity of Full-Time Faculty

Full-Time Faculty	Fall 2023	%
International	9	4.3%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0	0%
Asian	21	10.0%
Black or African American	8	3.8%
Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0%
Hispanic/Latino	14	6.7%
Two or More Races	2	1.0%
Subtotal: Domestic Persons of Color	45	21.4%
White	156	74.3%
Total	210	100%

Note: The total number of full-time faculty does not include those full-time visiting faculty who are temporary replacements for (tenure or tenure-track) faculty members on leave.

Degrees awarded by major

During the 2022-23 academic year, 573 students earned bachelor’s degrees, 136 (23.7%) of whom were double majors (including 4 students who were triple majors). In total, these 573 students completed 713 majors; the most popular majors among this graduating class were: Business, Organizations, & Management (12.1% or 86/713), Political Science (10.7%), Health Sciences (8.1%), Economics (7.9%, including Mathematical Economics), Psychology (7.4%), Biological Sciences (BIO & BMB combined) (5.9%), English (5.3%, including English with Writing Concentration), and History (4.6%).

For historical trends from 2003 to 2023, please explore this Interactive Data Tool/Dashboard.

For the number of graduates by Major in the most recent four graduating classes (2020-2023), please view the Degrees Awarded by Major table.

Minors completed by graduating class

308 students in the 2023 graduating class completed a total of 368 minors, including 57 students completing two minors (3 of these 57 were triple minors). Most popular minors were: Business (46), Peace & Justice Studies (35), Data Science (27), Economics (24), Mathematics (17), Spanish (17), and Educational Studies (16).

For historical trends from 2003 to 2023, please explore this Interactive Data Tool/Dashboard.

For the number of students completing a minor in the most recent four graduating classes (2020-2023), please view the Number of Graduates Completing a Minor table.