Fast Facts - Academic Program
- Calendar: 15-week early semester system; limited summer session
- Degrees Offered: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science
- Curriculum: Flexible, individualized curriculum; 30% of all students design their own majors or "Programs of Emphasis" (POEs); Each student consults with 2 advisors.
- Most Popular POEs:
- Biology/Pre-Health: 20.4%
- Accounting/Business: 12.4%
- Education: 8.8%
- Environmental Science: 6.4%
- Psychology: 5.8%
- Chemistry: 5.5%
- Sociology (including Social Work, Anthropology and Criminal Justice): 2.4%
- New Programs/POEs: Justice Studies; Entrepreneurship; Digital Media; Performing Arts Management; Theatre Performance; Wildlife Conservation
- Off-Campus Study: Internships in virtually every discipline; Study Abroad in 19 foreign countries; Marine Semester, Urban Semester, Washington Semester; Cooperative Degree programs in Law, Engineering, Peace and Conflict Studies, Dentistry, Medicine, Chiropractic, Optometry, Pharmacy, Podiatry, Nursing, and Allied Health fields.
- Student/Faculty Ratio: 11 to 1
- Average Class Size: Average Lecture: 17; Average Lab: 17; Average, all: 14
- Retention: 84% of Freshmen entering fall 2007 returned fall 2008; 80% of cohort entering 2002 graduated within 6 years; 94% of students graduating in 2008 did so within 4 years or less.
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