Academic Life at Ohlone College

The Academic Picture

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

48 Majors With Completions

26:1 Student-Faculty Ratio

28% Full-Time Faculty

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

At 26 to 1, the student-to-faculty ratio at Ohlone College is above the national average of 15 to 1. At Ohlone College, 28% of instructors are full time, close to 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

Ohlone College offers 48 majors with reported completions across 24 broad fields of study.

The degree levels available at Ohlone College are shown below:

Degree Level	Offered
Associate	✓
Bachelor’s	—
Master’s	—
Doctorate	—

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

Most Popular Majors	Graduates
Social Sciences, General	347
Business/Commerce, General	96
Mathematics	82
Business Administration, Management and Operations	75
Biological and Physical Sciences	50

See the full majors breakdown on the academic majors report.

Questions Worth Asking

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

Need flexibility? Check whether Ohlone College offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 5,969 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 (74% of full-time freshmen return for a second year). 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 Ohlone College

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

Academic Majors at Ohlone College — every major and degree program offered
Faculty Composition at Ohlone College — student-faculty ratio, full-time vs adjunct, and tenure detail
Graduation & Retention at Ohlone College — graduation outcomes and retention detail
Online Learning at Ohlone College — distance-learning enrollment detail
Accreditation at Ohlone College — regional and program accreditation status