Inside Academics at Modesto Junior College

The Academic Picture

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

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

The student-to-faculty ratio at Modesto Junior College is 28 to 1, higher than the national average of 15 to 1, so some classes may be larger than at other schools. Modesto Junior College employs 47% 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 report.

Majors and Fields of Study

Students at Modesto Junior College can choose from 64 majors with reported graduates spanning 25 broad fields of study.

The degree levels available at Modesto Junior College are shown below:

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

See the full majors breakdown on the academic majors page.

Questions Worth Asking

Before you decide, here are a few more questions to consider about academics at Modesto Junior College:

• Looking for flexibility? Modesto Junior College may offer online or summer classes that can help you finish your degree — 15,118 undergraduates take at least some classes online. See distance learning options.
• Interested in outcomes? Look at how well Modesto Junior College retains and graduates its students — 71% of full-time freshmen return). Explore graduation rates.
• Will a degree land you a job? Ask how many graduates were employed full time a year after finishing.

Dig Deeper into Academics on Modesto Junior College

Each page below covers one part of academic life at Modesto Junior College in more detail:

• Majors & Degree Programs at Modesto Junior College — majors, concentrations and completions in detail
• Faculty Composition at Modesto Junior College — student-faculty ratio, full-time vs adjunct, and tenure detail
• Graduation and Retention at Modesto Junior College — graduation and first-year retention rates
• Online Learning at Modesto Junior College — online and distance enrollment options
• Accreditation at Modesto Junior College — the schools accreditation and what it means