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Faculty and Class Size
Student / Faculty Ratio: 20 to 1
% of Classes by Size
2-9 Students: 8%
10-19 Students: 27%
20-29 Students: 25%
30-39 Students: 15%
40-49 Students: 7%
50-99 Students: 10%
100 or More Students: 8%

Freshman Retention / Graduation Rates
% of Students that Returned
after Freshman Year:		 85%
% of Students who Graduated in:
4 Years: 26%
5 Years: 52%
6 Years: 60%

Special Study Options
Accelerated program
Cross-registration
Distance Learning
Double major
Dual enrollment
English as a Second Language (ESL)
Honors Program
Independent study
Internships
ROTC
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  Navy
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Study Abroad
Teacher Certification
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Most Popular Degrees
Major Category% of Bachelor's Degrees
1.  Business, management, marketing, and related support services19%
2.  Education10%
3.  Biological and biomedical sciences10%
4.  Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities9%
5.  Social sciences9%
6.  Engineering8%
7.  Psychology6%
8.  English language and literature/letters6%
9.  Communication, journalism, and related programs5%
10.  Visual and performing arts3%

Required Courses
Arts/Fine Arts
Computer Literacy
English (Including Composition)
Foreign Languages
History
Humanities
Mathematics
Philosophy
Sciences (Biological or Physical)
Social Science

Student Services
Remedial Services
Counseling Services
Employment Services
for Current Students

College Credit
Dual Credit
Credit for Life Experiences
Advanced Placement

Majors
Major Category/Major
Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences
Agricultural Business and Management, General Yes   
Agricultural Economics  Yes Yes
Agronomy and Crop Science  Yes Yes
Animal Sciences, General YesYes Yes
Food Science YesYes Yes
Horticultural Science  Yes Yes
Plant Sciences, General Yes   

Architecture and related services
Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD) YesYes  
Interior Architecture Yes   
Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD) YesYes  

Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies
Russian Studies Yes   
Women's Studies Yes   

Biological and biomedical sciences
Biochemistry Yes  Yes
Biology/Biological Sciences, General YesYes Yes
Botany/Plant Biology    Yes
Entomology  Yes  
Microbiology, General Yes  Yes
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology  Yes  
Zoology/Animal Biology    Yes

Business, management, marketing, and related support services
Accounting YesYes Yes
Business Administration and Management, General YesYes Yes
Business/Managerial Economics Yes   
Construction Management Yes   
Fashion Merchandising Yes   
Finance, General YesYes Yes
International Business/Trade/Commerce Yes   
Management Science, General YesYes Yes
Marketing/Marketing Management, General Yes  Yes

Communication, journalism, and related programs
Communication and Media Studies, Other    Yes
Mass Communication/Media Studies YesYes  

Computer and information sciences and support services
Computer Science Yes  Yes
Information Science/Studies  Yes  

Education
Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching YesYes Yes
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services  Yes  
Curriculum and Instruction    Yes
Early Childhood Education and Teaching Yes   
Education, General  Yes  
Education, Other    Yes
Educational Leadership and Administration, General  Yes  
Elementary Education and Teaching Yes   
Music Teacher Education Yes   
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching YesYes Yes
Secondary Education and Teaching Yes   

Engineering
Agricultural/Biological Engineering and Bioengineering  Yes  
Biomedical/Medical Engineering Yes   
Chemical Engineering YesYes Yes
Civil Engineering, General YesYes Yes
Computer Engineering, General Yes   
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering YesYes Yes
Engineering Science  Yes Yes
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering Yes   
Industrial Engineering YesYes  
Mechanical Engineering YesYes Yes
Petroleum Engineering YesYes  

Major Category/Major
English language and literature/letters
Creative Writing  Yes  
English Language and Literature, General YesYes Yes
Speech and Rhetorical Studies YesYes Yes

Family and consumer sciences/human sciences
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General YesYes Yes

Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics
Comparative Literature  Yes Yes
French Language and Literature YesYes Yes
German Language and Literature Yes   
Latin Language and Literature Yes   
Linguistics  Yes Yes
Spanish Language and Literature YesYes  

Health professions and related clinical sciences
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist YesYes Yes
Dietetics/Dietitian (RD) Yes   
Health/Medical Physics  Yes  
Veterinary Medicine (DVM)   Yes 
Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sci, Gen (Cert,MS,PhD)  Yes Yes

History
History, General YesYes Yes

Legal professions and studies
Advanced Legal Research/Studies, Gen (LLM, MCL, MLI, MSL, JSD/SJD)  Yes  
Law (LLB, JD)   Yes 

Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities
General Studies Yes   
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies YesYes  

Library science
Library Science/Librarianship  Yes  

Mathematics and statistics
Mathematics, General YesYes Yes
Statistics, General  Yes