Academic Life at Heartland Community College

All About Academics

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

31 Majors With Completions

19:1 Student-Faculty Ratio

28% Full-Time Faculty

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

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

Faculty & Class Sizes

The student-to-faculty ratio at Heartland Community College is 19 to 1, higher than the national average of 15 to 1, so some classes may be larger than at other schools. 28% of the instructors at Heartland Community College are employed full time, near the national average of 47%.

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

Majors & Degrees

Students at Heartland Community College can choose from 31 majors with reported graduates spanning 12 broad fields of study.

Degrees offered at Heartland 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 Heartland Community College.

Most Popular Majors	Graduates
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	626
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants	201
Precision Metal Working	116
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services	109
Biological and Physical Sciences	78

See the full majors breakdown on the academic majors page.

More to Consider

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

Need flexibility? Check whether Heartland Community College offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 2,617 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 (74% 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 into Heartland Community College

Follow the links below for a deeper look at a specific part of academic life:

Majors & Degree Programs at Heartland Community College — majors, concentrations and completions in detail
Faculty Composition at Heartland Community College — student-faculty ratio, full-time vs adjunct, and tenure detail
Graduation and Retention at Heartland Community College — how well the school retains and graduates students
Online Learning at Heartland Community College — distance-learning enrollment detail
Accreditation Detail at Heartland Community College — the schools accreditation and what it means