Academic Life at Grand Rapids Community College

The Academic Picture

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

40 Majors With Completions

20:1 Student-Faculty Ratio

41% Full-Time Faculty

Jump to any section below, or follow a link to dig deeper into a specific part of academic life at Grand Rapids Community College:

Faculty Resources
Most Popular Majors
Additional Questions to Ask
Continue Your Research

Faculty and Teaching

At 20 to 1, the student-to-faculty ratio at Grand Rapids Community College is above the national average of 15 to 1. At Grand Rapids Community College, 41% 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 Grand Rapids Community College can choose from 40 majors with reported graduates spanning 15 broad fields of study.

Degrees offered at Grand Rapids Community 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 Grand Rapids Community College.

Most Popular Majors	Graduates
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	930
Business/Commerce, General	98
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	87
Business Administration, Management and Operations	76
Precision Metal Working	73

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

Questions Worth Asking

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

Need flexibility? Check whether Grand Rapids Community College offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 8,278 undergraduates study at least partly online. Explore online learning.
Interested in outcomes? Look at how well Grand Rapids Community College retains and graduates its students — 59% of full-time freshmen return). See graduation and retention.
Worried about job prospects? Ask about employment outcomes for recent graduates of Grand Rapids Community College.

Dig Deeper into Academics into Grand Rapids Community College

Each page below covers one part of academic life at Grand Rapids Community College in more detail:

Academic Majors at Grand Rapids Community College — every major and degree program offered
Faculty & Class Sizes at Grand Rapids Community College — student-faculty ratio, full-time vs adjunct, and tenure detail
Graduation & Retention at Grand Rapids Community College — graduation and first-year retention rates
Distance Learning at Grand Rapids Community College — distance-learning enrollment detail
Accreditation at Grand Rapids Community College — accreditation status and accrediting bodies