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; 40% of all students design their own majors or "Programs of Emphasis" (POEs); Each student consults with 2 advisors.
- Most Popular POEs:
- Biology/Pre-Health: 18.5%
- Accounting/Business: 12%
- Education: 9.6%
- Psychology: 5.6%
- Chemistry: 5.5%
- Sociology (including Social Work, Anthropology and Criminal Justice): 4.3%
- Information Technology: 3.5%
- New Programs/POEs: Entrepreneurship; Digital Media; Performing Arts Management; Theatre Performance; Wildlife Conservation
- Off-Campus Study: Internships in virtually every discipline; Study Abroad in 18 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: 13 to 1
- Average Class Size: Average Lecture: 19; Average Lab: 15; Average, all: 14
- Retention: 84% of Freshmen entering fall 2006 returned fall 2007; 77% of cohort entering 2001 graduated within 6 years; 93% of students graduating in 2008 did so within 4 years or less.
