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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: 16.4 to 1 % of Classes by Size 2-9 Students: 6% 10-19 Students: 18% 20-29 Students: 33% 30-39 Students: 14% 40-49 Students: 8% 50-99 Students: 9% 100 or More Students: 12% Freshman Retention / Graduation Rates % of Students that Returned after Freshman Year: 91% % of Students who Graduated in: 4 Years: 43% 5 Years: 70% 6 Years: 74% 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 18% 2.   Communication, journalism, and related programs 12% 3.   Social sciences 10% 4.   Biological and biomedical sciences 8% 5.   Engineering 7% 6.   Health professions and related clinical sciences 7% 7.   Psychology 5% 8.   Education 4% 9.   Visual and performing arts 3% 10.   Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences 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 Agricultural Business and Management, General         Agricultural Communication/Journalism         Agricultural Economics     Animal Sciences, General     Food Science     Horticultural Science     Soil Science and Agronomy, General     Architecture and related services City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning       Environmental Design/Architecture         Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)         Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies American/United States Studies/Civilization     Hispanic-American,Puerto Rican & Mexican-American/Chicano Studies         Biological and biomedical sciences Biochemistry         Biochemistry/Biophysics and Molecular Biology     Biology/Biological Sciences, General       Botany/Plant Biology     Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology       Entomology       Environmental Biology         Environmental Toxicology         Epidemiology       Genetics, General         Microbiology, General     Molecular Genetics         Pathology/Experimental Pathology         Pharmacology and Toxicology       Physiology, General     Plant Genetics         Plant Pathology/Phytopathology       Zoology/Animal Biology     Business, management, marketing, and related support services Accounting     Business Administration and Management, General       Business/Commerce, General         Finance, General     Hospitality Administration/Management, General       Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General         Labor and Industrial Relations         Labor Studies         Logistics and Materials Management       Marketing/Marketing Management, General       Merchandising and Buying Operations       Operations Management and Supervision       Organizational Behavior Studies         Restaurant/Food Services Management         Communication, journalism, and related programs Advertising       Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric     Health Communication         Journalism       Mass Communication/Media Studies         Public Relations/Image Management         Radio and Television       Computer and information sciences and support services Computer and Information Sciences, General     Information Science/Studies         Education Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching       Agricultural Teacher Education       Art Teacher Education         Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services       Curriculum and Instruction       Education, General       Education/Teaching Individuals - Hearing Impairments         Education/Teaching Individuals - Specific Learning Disabilities         Educational Evaluation and Research         Educational Leadership and Administration, General       Educational/Instructional Media Design         English/Language Arts Teacher Education         History Teacher Education         Reading Teacher Education         Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education         Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education         Special Education and Teaching, General       Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor         Engineering technologies/technicians Construction Engineering Technology/Technician       Engineering Agricultural/Biological Engineering and Bioengineering     Chemical Engineering     Civil Engineering, General     Computer Engineering, General         Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering     Engineering Mechanics         Engineering, General     Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering       Materials Science     Mechanical Engineering     English language and literature/letters English Language and Literature, General     Speech and Rhetorical Studies         Technical and Business Writing       Family and consumer sciences/human sciences Child Development       Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management         Family and Community Services       Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General         Family Systems         Housing and Human Environments, General         Human Nutrition

Major Category/Major Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other         French Language and Literature     German Language and Literature       Linguistics     Russian Language and Literature         Spanish Language and Literature       Health professions and related clinical sciences Athletic Training/Trainer         Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist     Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist       Clinical/Medical Social Work         Dietetics/Dietitian (RD)         Family Practice Nurse/Nurse Practitioner         Large Animal/Food Animal & Equine Surgery/Medicine (Cert,MS,PhD)       Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling         Medicine (MD)         Music Therapy/Therapist       Nursing Science (MS, PhD)         Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)         Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy (DO)         Pre-Veterinary Studies         Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions, Other         Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Other (Cert, MS PhD)       Veterinary Medicine (DVM)         Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician/Veterinary Assistant         Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor         History History, General       Legal professions and studies Pre-Law Studies         Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities Humanities/Humanistic Studies       Mathematics and statistics Applied Mathematics       Computational Mathematics         Mathematics, General     Statistics, General     Multi/interdisciplinary studies Biological and Physical Sciences         Classical/Ancient Mediterranean/Near Eastern Studies & Archaeology         International/Global Studies         Neuroscience         Nutrition Sciences         Science, Technology and Society         Natural resources and conservation Environmental Science         Environmental Studies         Forestry, General     Natural Resource Economics         Natural Resources Management and Policy       Natural Resources/Conservation, General         Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management     Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies Kinesiology and Exercise Science     Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management         Philosophy and religious studies Philosophy       Religion/Religious Studies         Physical sciences Astrophysics       Chemical Physics         Chemistry, General     Geology/Earth Science, General     Physical Sciences       Physics, General     Psychology Educational Psychology         Psychology, General     School Psychology       Public administration and social service professions Public Administration       Social Work     Security and protective services Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration     Forensic Science and Technology         Social sciences Anthropology     Economics, General     Geography     International Relations and Affairs         Political Science and Government, General     Social Sciences, General         Sociology     Urban Studies/Affairs         Visual and performing arts Art History, Criticism and Conservation         Art/Art Studies, General       Conducting       Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General       Fashion/Apparel Design         Interior Design         Jazz/Jazz Studies       Music Pedagogy     Music Performance, General     Music Theory and Composition     Music, General         Musicology and Ethnomusicology         Piano and Organ