Inside Academics at Amarillo College

All About Academics

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

39 Majors With Completions

27:1 Student-Faculty Ratio

100% 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 and Teaching

At 27 to 1, the student-to-faculty ratio at Amarillo College is above the national average of 15 to 1. With 100% of instructors full time, Amarillo College is above the national average of 47%.

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

Most Popular Majors

Amarillo College offers 39 majors with reported completions across 23 broad fields of study.

Degrees offered at Amarillo College are summarised below:

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

Ranked by number of graduates, these are the most popular majors at Amarillo College.

Most Popular Majors	Graduates
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	342
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technology/Technician, General	249
Business Administration, Management and Operations	227
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	179
Computer Programming	161

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

More to Consider

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

Looking for flexibility? Amarillo College may offer online or summer classes that can help you finish your degree — 5,262 undergraduates take at least some classes online. Explore online learning.
Interested in outcomes? Look at how well Amarillo College retains and graduates its students — 68% of full-time freshmen return). 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 into Amarillo College

Follow the links below for a deeper look at a specific part of academic life:

Academic Majors at Amarillo College — every major and degree program offered
Faculty & Class Sizes at Amarillo College — student-faculty ratio, full-time vs adjunct, and tenure detail
Graduation & Retention at Amarillo College — graduation and first-year retention rates
Distance Learning at Amarillo College — online and distance enrollment options
Accreditation at Amarillo College — accreditation status and accrediting bodies