Academics at College of Marin

Academics at a Glance

Academics are the heart of the college experience. This overview pulls together the essentials of academic life at College of Marin: 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 and Teaching

With 16 students per faculty member, College of Marin is about average, as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. 44% of the instructors at College of Marin are employed full time, near the national average of 47%.

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

Most Popular Majors

Students at College of Marin can choose from 40 majors with reported graduates spanning 26 broad fields of study.

The degree levels available at College of Marin are shown below:

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

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

Additional Questions to Ask

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

• Need flexibility? Check whether College of Marin offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 1,680 undergraduates study at least partly online. Explore online learning.
• Interested in outcomes? Look at how well College of Marin retains and graduates its students — 71% of full-time freshmen return). Explore graduation rates.
• Worried about job prospects? Ask about employment outcomes for recent graduates of College of Marin.

Continue Your Research into College of Marin

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

• Majors & Degree Programs at College of Marin — majors, concentrations and completions in detail
• Faculty & Class Sizes at College of Marin — student-faculty ratio, full-time vs adjunct, and tenure detail
• Graduation and Retention at College of Marin — graduation and first-year retention rates
• Distance Learning at College of Marin — distance-learning enrollment detail
• Accreditation Detail at College of Marin — the schools accreditation and what it means