Inside Academics at Christopher Newport University

All About Academics

Academics are the heart of the college experience. This overview pulls together the essentials of academic life at Christopher Newport University: 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, Christopher Newport University is about average, as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. With 63% of instructors full time, Christopher Newport University is above the national average of 47%.

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

Majors and Fields of Study

Christopher Newport University offers 26 majors with reported completions across 18 broad fields of study.

The degree levels available at Christopher Newport University are shown below:

The most popular majors at Christopher Newport University, measured by graduates, are listed below.

See the full majors breakdown on the academic majors page.

Questions Worth Asking

As you weigh academic life at Christopher Newport University, a few more questions are worth asking:

• Need flexibility? Check whether Christopher Newport University offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 68 undergraduates study at least partly online. See distance learning options.
• Interested in outcomes? Look at how well Christopher Newport University retains and graduates its students — 81% 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.

Explore Further at Christopher Newport University

Use the pages below to go deeper on any academic topic:

• Majors & Degree Programs at Christopher Newport University — every major and degree program offered
• Faculty & Class Sizes at Christopher Newport University — student-faculty ratio, full-time vs adjunct, and tenure detail
• Graduation and Retention at Christopher Newport University — graduation outcomes and retention detail
• Distance Learning at Christopher Newport University — what online and distance learning is available
• Accreditation at Christopher Newport University — accreditation status and accrediting bodies