Academic Life at Parkland College

Academics at a Glance

Academics are the heart of the college experience. This overview pulls together the essentials of academic life at Parkland 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 and Teaching

The student-to-faculty ratio at Parkland College is about average at 15 to 1, close to the national average of 15 to 1. At Parkland College, 36% of instructors are full time, close to 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

Parkland College offers 45 majors with reported completions across 18 broad fields of study.

The degree levels available at Parkland College are shown below:

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

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

Additional Questions to Ask

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

• Need flexibility? Check whether Parkland College offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 2,863 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 (70% of full-time freshmen return for a second year). See graduation and retention.
• Worried about job prospects? Ask about employment outcomes for recent graduates of Parkland College.

Continue Your Research at Parkland College

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

• Majors & Degree Programs at Parkland College — every major and degree program offered
• Faculty & Class Sizes at Parkland College — how the teaching staff is structured
• Graduation & Retention at Parkland College — graduation outcomes and retention detail
• Online Learning at Parkland College — distance-learning enrollment detail
• Accreditation Detail at Parkland College — the schools accreditation and what it means