Academics at Chesapeake College

Academics at a Glance

Academics are the heart of the college experience. This overview pulls together the essentials of academic life at Chesapeake 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 & Class Sizes

The student-to-faculty ratio at Chesapeake College is about average at 14 to 1, close to the national average of 15 to 1. At Chesapeake College, 38% of instructors are full time, close to the national average of 47%.

For the full breakdown — tenure status, part-time and adjunct share, and how the faculty compares with the national average — see the faculty composition report.

Majors & Degrees

Chesapeake College offers 22 majors with reported completions across 14 broad fields of study.

The degree levels available at Chesapeake College are shown below:

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

See the full majors breakdown on the academic majors page.

More to Consider

Before you decide, here are a few more questions to consider about academics at Chesapeake College:

• Need flexibility? Check whether Chesapeake College offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 1,484 undergraduates study at least partly online. Explore online learning.
• Interested in outcomes? Look at how well Chesapeake College retains and graduates its students — 63% 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 at Chesapeake College

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

• Academic Majors at Chesapeake College — majors, concentrations and completions in detail
• Faculty & Class Sizes at Chesapeake College — how the teaching staff is structured
• Graduation and Retention at Chesapeake College — how well the school retains and graduates students
• Online Learning at Chesapeake College — distance-learning enrollment detail
• Accreditation Detail at Chesapeake College — regional and program accreditation status