Inside Academics at Bismarck State College

All About Academics

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

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 Resources

With 13 students per faculty member, Bismarck State College is about average, as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. Bismarck State College employs 85% 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 page.

Majors and Fields of Study

Students at Bismarck State College can choose from 39 majors with reported graduates spanning 17 broad fields of study.

Degrees offered at Bismarck State College are summarised below:

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

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

Additional Questions to Ask

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

• Need flexibility? Check whether Bismarck State College offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 2,633 undergraduates study at least partly online. See distance learning options.
• Interested in outcomes? Look at how well Bismarck State College retains and graduates its students — 77% of full-time freshmen return). Explore graduation rates.
• Worried about job prospects? Ask about employment outcomes for recent graduates of Bismarck State College.

Dig Deeper into Academics on Bismarck State College

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

• Majors & Degree Programs at Bismarck State College — every major and degree program offered
• Faculty & Class Sizes at Bismarck State College — the full faculty and class-size breakdown
• Graduation and Retention at Bismarck State College — graduation and first-year retention rates
• Distance Learning at Bismarck State College — distance-learning enrollment detail
• Accreditation at Bismarck State College — regional and program accreditation status