Academic Life at Compton College

Academics at a Glance

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

24 Majors With Completions

17:1 Student-Faculty Ratio

55% 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 and Teaching

The student-to-faculty ratio at Compton College is about average at 17 to 1, close to the national average of 15 to 1. Compton College employs 55% 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 report.

Majors & Degrees

Compton College offers 24 majors with reported completions across 22 broad fields of study.

Degrees offered at Compton College are summarised below:

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

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

Most Popular Majors	Graduates
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	823
Biological and Physical Sciences	81
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services	72
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	64
Criminal Justice and Corrections	42

See the full majors breakdown on the academic majors page.

Additional Questions to Ask

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

Looking for flexibility? Compton College may offer online or summer classes that can help you finish your degree — 2,562 undergraduates take at least some classes online. See distance learning options.
Interested in outcomes? Look at how well Compton College retains and graduates its students — 50% of full-time freshmen return). See graduation and retention.
Worried about job prospects? Ask about employment outcomes for recent graduates of Compton College.

Dig Deeper into Academics into Compton College

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

Majors & Degree Programs at Compton College — every major and degree program offered
Faculty Composition at Compton College — student-faculty ratio, full-time vs adjunct, and tenure detail
Graduation & Retention at Compton College — graduation outcomes and retention detail
Online Learning at Compton College — what online and distance learning is available
Accreditation Detail at Compton College — the schools accreditation and what it means