Academic Life at Millsaps College

The Academic Picture

Academics are the heart of the college experience. This overview pulls together the essentials of academic life at Millsaps 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 Resources

With 9 students for every instructional faculty member, Millsaps College ranks among the best colleges for instructional attention when compared with the national average of 15 to 1. Millsaps College employs 75% of its instructors full time, 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.

Most Popular Majors

Millsaps College offers 18 majors with reported completions across 11 broad fields of study.

The degree levels available at Millsaps College are shown below:

The most popular majors at Millsaps College, measured by graduates, are listed below.

For the complete list of majors, concentrations and graduation numbers, see the academic majors report.

Additional Questions to Ask

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

• Need flexibility? Check whether Millsaps College offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 42 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 (58% of full-time freshmen return for a second year). Explore graduation rates.
• Worried about job prospects? Ask about employment outcomes for recent graduates of Millsaps College.

Dig Deeper into Academics on Millsaps College

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

• Majors & Degree Programs at Millsaps College — every major and degree program offered
• Faculty Composition at Millsaps College — student-faculty ratio, full-time vs adjunct, and tenure detail
• Graduation and Retention at Millsaps College — how well the school retains and graduates students
• Online Learning at Millsaps College — distance-learning enrollment detail
• Accreditation at Millsaps College — the schools accreditation and what it means