Academics at Messiah University

The Academic Picture

Academics are the heart of the college experience. This overview pulls together the essentials of academic life at Messiah University: 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 Messiah University:

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

Faculty and Teaching

With 12 students per faculty member, Messiah University is about average, as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. Messiah University employs 47% 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

Messiah University offers 63 majors with reported completions across 24 broad fields of study.

Degrees offered at Messiah University are summarised below:

The most popular majors at Messiah University, measured by graduates, are listed below.

See the full majors breakdown on the academic majors report.

Questions Worth Asking

As you weigh academic life at Messiah University, a few more questions are worth asking:

• Need flexibility? Check whether Messiah University offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 867 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 (89% of full-time freshmen return for a second year). See graduation and retention.
• Worried about job prospects? Ask about employment outcomes for recent graduates of Messiah University.

Continue Your Research on Messiah University

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

• Academic Majors at Messiah University — majors, concentrations and completions in detail
• Faculty Composition at Messiah University — student-faculty ratio, full-time vs adjunct, and tenure detail
• Graduation & Retention at Messiah University — graduation and first-year retention rates
• Distance Learning at Messiah University — distance-learning enrollment detail
• Accreditation Detail at Messiah University — the schools accreditation and what it means