Academic Life at Erie Community College

Academics at a Glance

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

49 Majors With Completions

16:1 Student-Faculty Ratio

67% 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 16 students per faculty member, Erie Community College is about average, as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. Erie Community College employs 67% of its instructors full time, above 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 page.

Majors & Degrees

Students at Erie Community College can choose from 49 majors with reported graduates spanning 24 broad fields of study.

The degree levels available at Erie Community College are shown below:

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

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

Most Popular Majors	Graduates
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	211
Business Administration, Management and Operations	130
Criminal Justice and Corrections	127
Social Sciences, General	82
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technology/Technician, General	70

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

Questions Worth Asking

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

Looking for flexibility? Erie Community College may offer online or summer classes that can help you finish your degree — 3,645 undergraduates take at least some classes online. See distance learning options.
Thinking about graduate school? Consider how many students continue their studies and how well the school retains and graduates its students (56% 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.

Explore Further at Erie Community College

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

Majors & Degree Programs at Erie Community College — the full list of majors, concentrations and graduation numbers
Faculty Composition at Erie Community College — the full faculty and class-size breakdown
Graduation and Retention at Erie Community College — graduation outcomes and retention detail
Online Learning at Erie Community College — distance-learning enrollment detail
Accreditation at Erie Community College — regional and program accreditation status