Academics at Oakton College

The Academic Picture

Academics are the heart of the college experience. This overview pulls together the essentials of academic life at Oakton 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 & Class Sizes

With 13 students per faculty member, Oakton College is about average, as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. 24% of the instructors at Oakton College are employed full time, near the national average of 47%.

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

Majors and Fields of Study

Oakton College offers 48 majors with reported completions across 16 broad fields of study.

The degree levels available at Oakton College are shown below:

The most popular majors at Oakton College, 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 Oakton College, a few more questions are worth asking:

• Need flexibility? Check whether Oakton College offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 3,997 undergraduates study at least partly online. See distance learning options.
• Interested in outcomes? Look at how well Oakton College retains and graduates its students — 69% of full-time freshmen return). See graduation and retention.
• Worried about job prospects? Ask about employment outcomes for recent graduates of Oakton College.

Dig Deeper into Academics into Oakton College

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

• Majors & Degree Programs at Oakton College — every major and degree program offered
• Faculty & Class Sizes at Oakton College — student-faculty ratio, full-time vs adjunct, and tenure detail
• Graduation and Retention at Oakton College — graduation and first-year retention rates
• Online Learning at Oakton College — online and distance enrollment options
• Accreditation at Oakton College — the schools accreditation and what it means