Academic Life at Paris Junior College

Academics at a Glance

Academics are the heart of the college experience. This overview pulls together the essentials of academic life at Paris Junior College: 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 Paris Junior College:

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

Faculty and Teaching

The student-to-faculty ratio at Paris Junior College is 25 to 1, higher than the national average of 15 to 1, so some classes may be larger than at other schools. Paris Junior College employs 54% 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

Paris Junior College offers 33 majors with reported completions across 20 broad fields of study.

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

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

See the full majors breakdown on the academic majors page.

Questions Worth Asking

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

• Need flexibility? Check whether Paris Junior College offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 1,518 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 (58% of full-time freshmen return for a second year). See graduation and retention.
• Will a degree land you a job? Ask how many graduates were employed full time a year after finishing.

Explore Further at Paris Junior College

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

• Majors & Degree Programs at Paris Junior College — every major and degree program offered
• Faculty Composition at Paris Junior College — student-faculty ratio, full-time vs adjunct, and tenure detail
• Graduation and Retention at Paris Junior College — graduation outcomes and retention detail
• Distance Learning at Paris Junior College — online and distance enrollment options
• Accreditation Detail at Paris Junior College — the schools accreditation and what it means