Inside Academics at Folsom Lake College

The Academic Picture

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

39 Majors With Completions

28:1 Student-Faculty Ratio

39% Full-Time Faculty

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

At 28 to 1, the student-to-faculty ratio at Folsom Lake College is above the national average of 15 to 1. At Folsom Lake College, 39% of instructors are full time, close to the national average of 47%.

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

Majors & Degrees

Students at Folsom Lake College can choose from 39 majors with reported graduates spanning 22 broad fields of study.

The degree levels available at Folsom Lake 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 Folsom Lake College.

Most Popular Majors	Graduates
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	670
Social Sciences, General	263
Business Administration, Management and Operations	177
Biological and Physical Sciences	152
Psychology, General	100

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

Questions Worth Asking

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

Looking for flexibility? Folsom Lake College may offer online or summer classes that can help you finish your degree — 9,555 undergraduates take at least some classes online. Explore online learning.
Interested in outcomes? Look at how well Folsom Lake College retains and graduates its students — 73% of full-time freshmen return). See graduation and retention.
Worried about job prospects? Ask about employment outcomes for recent graduates of Folsom Lake College.

Explore Further on Folsom Lake College

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

Majors & Degree Programs at Folsom Lake College — every major and degree program offered
Faculty & Class Sizes at Folsom Lake College — the full faculty and class-size breakdown
Graduation and Retention at Folsom Lake College — graduation and first-year retention rates
Online Learning at Folsom Lake College — distance-learning enrollment detail
Accreditation at Folsom Lake College — accreditation status and accrediting bodies