Academics at Kalamazoo College

The Academic Picture

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

Each topic below links to a dedicated page with the full detail:

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

Faculty & Class Sizes

With 10 students for every instructional faculty member, Kalamazoo College ranks among the best colleges for instructional attention when compared with the national average of 15 to 1. Kalamazoo College employs 80% 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

Kalamazoo College offers 25 majors with reported completions across 14 broad fields of study.

Degrees offered at Kalamazoo College are summarised below:

Ranked by number of graduates, these are the most popular majors at Kalamazoo College.

See the full majors breakdown on the academic majors page.

Questions Worth Asking

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

• Need flexibility? Check whether Kalamazoo College offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 0 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 (85% of full-time freshmen return for a second year). Explore graduation rates.
• Worried about job prospects? Ask about employment outcomes for recent graduates of Kalamazoo College.

Continue Your Research on Kalamazoo College

Use the pages below to go deeper on any academic topic:

• Academic Majors at Kalamazoo College — every major and degree program offered
• Faculty & Class Sizes at Kalamazoo College — the full faculty and class-size breakdown
• Graduation and Retention at Kalamazoo College — how well the school retains and graduates students
• Online Learning at Kalamazoo College — online and distance enrollment options
• Accreditation at Kalamazoo College — the schools accreditation and what it means