Academics at Alvin Community College

Academics at a Glance

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

Use the sections below to explore each part of academic life in more detail, or follow a link to the full report on that topic:

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

Faculty Resources

The student-to-faculty ratio at Alvin Community College is about average at 16 to 1, close to the national average of 15 to 1. At Alvin Community College, 40% of instructors are full time, close to the national average of 47%.

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

Majors & Degrees

Alvin Community College offers 31 majors with reported completions across 22 broad fields of study.

The degree levels available at Alvin Community College are shown below:

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

See the full majors breakdown on the academic majors page.

Additional Questions to Ask

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

• Looking for flexibility? Alvin Community College may offer online or summer classes that can help you finish your degree — 2,233 undergraduates take at least some classes 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. See graduation and retention.
• Will a degree land you a job? Ask how many graduates were employed full time a year after finishing.

Continue Your Research at Alvin Community College

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

• Majors & Degree Programs at Alvin Community College — majors, concentrations and completions in detail
• Faculty & Class Sizes at Alvin Community College — student-faculty ratio, full-time vs adjunct, and tenure detail
• Graduation and Retention at Alvin Community College — graduation outcomes and retention detail
• Online Learning at Alvin Community College — online and distance enrollment options
• Accreditation Detail at Alvin Community College — the schools accreditation and what it means