Academic Life at Gordon College

Academics at a Glance

Academics are the heart of the college experience. This overview pulls together the essentials of academic life at Gordon College: its faculty, its majors and fields of study, and its online learning options.

35 Majors With Completions

11:1 Student-Faculty Ratio

50% Full-Time Faculty

Each topic below links to a dedicated page with the full detail:

Faculty Resources
Most Popular Majors
Additional Questions to Ask
Continue Your Research

Faculty & Class Sizes

With 11 students per faculty member, Gordon College is about average, as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. Gordon College employs 50% of its instructors full time, above the national average of 47%.

For a deeper look at tenure, adjuncts and faculty composition, visit the faculty composition report.

Most Popular Majors

Gordon College offers 35 majors with reported completions across 18 broad fields of study.

The degree levels available at Gordon College are shown below:

Degree Level	Offered
Associate	—
Bachelor’s	✓
Master’s	✓
Doctorate	—

The most popular majors at Gordon College, measured by graduates, are listed below.

Most Popular Majors	Graduates
Business Administration, Management and Operations	54
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	51
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	43
Research and Experimental Psychology	38
Biology, General	34

For the complete list of majors, concentrations and graduation numbers, see the academic majors report.

Questions Worth Asking

As you weigh academic life at Gordon College, a few more questions are worth asking:

Need flexibility? Check whether Gordon College offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 303 undergraduates study at least partly online. See distance learning options.
Thinking about graduate school? Consider how many students continue their studies and how well the school retains and graduates its students (84% of full-time freshmen return for a second year). Explore graduation rates.
Worried about job prospects? Ask about employment outcomes for recent graduates of Gordon College.

Dig Deeper into Academics at Gordon College

Each page below covers one part of academic life at Gordon College in more detail:

Majors & Degree Programs at Gordon College — the full list of majors, concentrations and graduation numbers
Faculty & Class Sizes at Gordon College — how the teaching staff is structured
Graduation & Retention at Gordon College — graduation and first-year retention rates
Distance Learning at Gordon College — online and distance enrollment options
Accreditation at Gordon College — accreditation status and accrediting bodies