Academics at Mount St. Joseph University

The Academic Picture

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

31 Majors With Completions

9:1 Student-Faculty Ratio

96% Full-Time Faculty

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

With 9 students for every instructional faculty member, Mount St. Joseph University ranks among the best colleges for instructional attention when compared with the national average of 15 to 1. With 96% of instructors full time, Mount St. Joseph 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

Students at Mount St. Joseph University can choose from 31 majors with reported graduates spanning 15 broad fields of study.

Degrees offered at Mount St. Joseph University are summarised below:

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

Ranked by number of graduates, these are the most popular majors at Mount St. Joseph University.

Most Popular Majors	Graduates
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	59
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	55
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	34
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions	31
Business Administration, Management and Operations	30

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

Questions Worth Asking

Before you decide, here are a few more questions to consider about academics at Mount St. Joseph University:

Need flexibility? Check whether Mount St. Joseph University offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 581 undergraduates study at least partly online. Explore online learning.
Thinking about graduate school? Consider how many students continue their studies and how well the school retains and graduates its students (69% of full-time freshmen return for a second year). Explore graduation rates.
Will a degree land you a job? Ask how many graduates were employed full time a year after finishing.

Continue Your Research on Mount St. Joseph University

Each page below covers one part of academic life at Mount St. Joseph University in more detail:

Majors & Degree Programs at Mount St. Joseph University — majors, concentrations and completions in detail
Faculty Composition at Mount St. Joseph University — the full faculty and class-size breakdown
Graduation and Retention at Mount St. Joseph University — graduation and first-year retention rates
Distance Learning at Mount St. Joseph University — online and distance enrollment options
Accreditation Detail at Mount St. Joseph University — accreditation status and accrediting bodies