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Degrees Offered Associate's Degree: Bachelor's Degree: Master's Degree: Professional Degree: Doctoral Degree: Faculty and Class Size Student / Faculty Ratio: 15.6 to 1 % of Classes by Size 2-9 Students: 11% 10-19 Students: 23% 20-29 Students: 27% 30-39 Students: 13% 40-49 Students: 7% 50-99 Students: 11% 100 or More Students: 8% Freshman Retention / Graduation Rates % of Students that Returned after Freshman Year: 84% % of Students who Graduated in: 4 Years: 34% 5 Years: 63% 6 Years: 67% 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   Army   Navy   Air Force Student-designed major Study Abroad Teacher Certification Weekend College

Most Popular Degrees Major Category % of Bachelor's Degrees 1.   Business, management, marketing, and related support services 21% 2.   Engineering 17% 3.   Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences 8% 4.   Visual and performing arts 8% 5.   Social sciences 5% 6.   Education 5% 7.   Communication, journalism, and related programs 5% 8.   Biological and biomedical sciences 5% 9.   Psychology 4% 10.   Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies 3% 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

Major Category/Major Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations         Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding       Agricultural Animal Breeding       Agricultural Economics         Agricultural Mechanization, General         Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences, Other       Agronomy and Crop Science       Animal Nutrition         Animal Sciences, General     Animal Sciences, Other       Crop Production         Dairy Science         Farm/Farm and Ranch Management       Food Science         Food Science and Technology, Other       Horticultural Science     Plant Protection and Integrated Pest Management         Soil Science and Agronomy, General       Architecture and related services Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)       City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning       Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)       Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies Russian Studies         Women's Studies         Biological and biomedical sciences Animal Physiology         Biochemistry     Bioinformatics       Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other       Biology/Biological Sciences, General         Biophysics     Botany/Plant Biology     Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences, Other       Ecology       Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology, Other       Entomology     Genetics, General     Microbiology, General     Physiology, General         Plant Pathology/Phytopathology       Plant Physiology       Toxicology       Zoology/Animal Biology       Business, management, marketing, and related support services Accounting       Business Administration and Management, General         Business/Managerial Economics         Finance, General         Hospitality Administration/Management, General     Labor and Industrial Relations         Logistics and Materials Management         Management Information Systems, General       Management Science, General         Marketing/Marketing Management, General         Operations Management and Supervision         Transportation/Transportation Management         Communication, journalism, and related programs Advertising         Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric         Journalism       Computer and information sciences and support services Computer and Information Sciences, General     Computer and Information Systems Security         Education Agricultural Teacher Education     Curriculum and Instruction       Early Childhood Education and Teaching         Education, General       Educational Leadership and Administration, General       Elementary Education and Teaching         Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education     Health Teacher Education         Higher Education/Higher Education Administration       Mathematics Teacher Education         Music Teacher Education         Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education         Special Education and Teaching, General         Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor         Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education     Engineering Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering     Agricultural/Biological Engineering and Bioengineering     Chemical Engineering     Civil Engineering, General     Computer Engineering, General     Construction Engineering         Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering     Engineering Mechanics       Industrial Engineering     Materials Engineering     Mechanical Engineering     Systems Engineering

Major Category/Major English language and literature/letters Creative Writing         English Language and Literature, General       Speech and Rhetorical Studies       Technical and Business Writing         Family and consumer sciences/human sciences Apparel and Textiles, General       Family and Community Services         Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General         Family Resource Management Studies, General         Housing and Human Environments, General         Human Development and Family Studies, General       Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics French Language and Literature         German Language and Literature         Linguistics         Spanish Language and Literature         Health professions and related clinical sciences Dietetics/Dietitian (RD)         Medical Illustration/Medical Illustrator         Veterinary Anatomy (Cert, MS, PhD)         Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Other (Cert, MS PhD)         Veterinary Medicine (DVM)         Veterinary Microbiology and Immunobiology (Cert, MS, PhD)       Veterinary Preventive Med Epidemiology/Public Hlth (Cert,MS,PhD)         History History and Philosophy of Science and Technology         History, General       History, Other         Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies         Mathematics and statistics Applied Mathematics       Mathematics, General     Statistics, General     Multi/interdisciplinary studies Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other     Neuroscience         Nutrition Sciences     Natural resources and conservation Environmental Science     Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management         Forest Sciences and Biology     Natural Resources and Conservation, Other         Natural Resources Conservation and Research, Other         Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management         Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies Kinesiology and Exercise Science     Philosophy and religious studies Philosophy         Religion/Religious Studies         Physical sciences Analytical Chemistry       Astrophysics         Chemistry, General     Geology/Earth Science, General       Inorganic Chemistry         Meteorology     Nuclear Physics         Organic Chemistry       Physical and Theoretical Chemistry       Physics, General       Physics, Other       Psychology Psychology, General     Public administration and social service professions Public Administration       Social sciences Anthropology       Economics, General     Political Science and Government, General       Sociology     Visual and performing arts Design and Visual Communications, General         Fashion/Apparel Design         Graphic Design       Interior Design       Music, General         Visual and Performing Arts, General