Academics at Huertas College

All About Academics

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

9 Majors With Completions

10:1 Student-Faculty Ratio

11% 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, Huertas College offers far more individual attention than the national average of 15 to 1. At Huertas College, 11% 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 page.

Most Popular Majors

Huertas College offers 9 majors with reported completions across 5 broad fields of study.

The degree levels available at Huertas 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 Huertas College.

Most Popular Majors	Graduates
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians	53
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services	43
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	42
Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians	42
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services	34

See the full majors breakdown on the academic majors report.

Additional Questions to Ask

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

Need flexibility? Check whether Huertas College offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 11 undergraduates study at least partly 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 (40% of full-time freshmen return for a second year). See graduation and retention.
Will a degree land you a job? Ask how many graduates were employed full time a year after finishing.

Dig Deeper into Academics into Huertas College

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

Academic Majors at Huertas College — every major and degree program offered
Faculty Composition at Huertas College — the full faculty and class-size breakdown
Graduation & Retention at Huertas College — how well the school retains and graduates students
Distance Learning at Huertas College — online and distance enrollment options
Accreditation Detail at Huertas College — regional and program accreditation status