Academic Life at Indiana University-South Bend

Academics at a Glance

Academics are the heart of the college experience. This overview pulls together the essentials of academic life at Indiana University-South Bend: its faculty, its majors and fields of study, and its online learning options.

Jump to any section below, or follow a link to dig deeper into a specific part of academic life at Indiana University-South Bend:

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

Faculty Resources

The student-to-faculty ratio at Indiana University-South Bend is about average at 14 to 1, close to the national average of 15 to 1. Indiana University-South Bend employs 60% of its instructors full time, above the national average of 47%.

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

Majors & Degrees

Indiana University-South Bend offers 49 majors with reported completions across 21 broad fields of study.

The degree levels available at Indiana University-South Bend are shown below:

Ranked by number of graduates, these are the most popular majors at Indiana University-South Bend.

See the full majors breakdown on the academic majors report.

Additional Questions to Ask

As you weigh academic life at Indiana University-South Bend, a few more questions are worth asking:

• Need flexibility? Check whether Indiana University-South Bend offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 2,755 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 (65% 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.

Continue Your Research at Indiana University-South Bend

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

• Majors & Degree Programs at Indiana University-South Bend — every major and degree program offered
• Faculty & Class Sizes at Indiana University-South Bend — the full faculty and class-size breakdown
• Graduation and Retention at Indiana University-South Bend — how well the school retains and graduates students
• Distance Learning at Indiana University-South Bend — online and distance enrollment options
• Accreditation at Indiana University-South Bend — accreditation status and accrediting bodies