Academic Life at Hobart William Smith Colleges

All About Academics

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

37 Majors With Completions

10:1 Student-Faculty Ratio

100% 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 Resources

At a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, Hobart William Smith Colleges offers far more individual attention than the national average of 15 to 1. With 100% of instructors full time, Hobart William Smith Colleges is 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

Hobart William Smith Colleges offers 37 majors with reported completions across 18 broad fields of study.

The degree levels available at Hobart William Smith Colleges are shown below:

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

The most popular majors at Hobart William Smith Colleges, measured by graduates, are listed below.

Most Popular Majors	Graduates
Economics	52
Communication, General	38
Natural Resources Conservation and Research	33
Psychology, General	32
Architecture and Related Services, Other	27

See the full majors breakdown on the academic majors page.

More to Consider

As you weigh academic life at Hobart William Smith Colleges, a few more questions are worth asking:

Looking for flexibility? Hobart William Smith Colleges may offer online or summer classes that can help you finish your degree. 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 (86% 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 Hobart William Smith Colleges

Each page below covers one part of academic life at Hobart William Smith Colleges in more detail:

Majors & Degree Programs at Hobart William Smith Colleges — every major and degree program offered
Faculty & Class Sizes at Hobart William Smith Colleges — how the teaching staff is structured
Graduation and Retention at Hobart William Smith Colleges — graduation and first-year retention rates
Online Learning at Hobart William Smith Colleges — online and distance enrollment options
Accreditation Detail at Hobart William Smith Colleges — the schools accreditation and what it means