Academics at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine

Academics at a Glance

Academics are the heart of the college experience. This overview pulls together the essentials of academic life at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine: 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 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine is about average at 14 to 1, close to the national average of 15 to 1. Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine employs 62% of its instructors full time, above the national average of 47%.

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

Majors and Fields of Study

Students at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine can choose from 18 majors with reported graduates spanning 13 broad fields of study.

The degree levels available at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine are shown below:

Ranked by number of graduates, these are the most popular majors at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine.

See the full majors breakdown on the academic majors page.

Questions Worth Asking

As you weigh academic life at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine, a few more questions are worth asking:

• Need flexibility? Check whether Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 534 undergraduates study at least partly online. See distance learning options.
• Interested in outcomes? Look at how well Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine retains and graduates its students — 73% of full-time freshmen return). See graduation and retention.
• Will a degree land you a job? Ask how many graduates were employed full time a year after finishing.

Dig Deeper into Academics at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine

Each page below covers one part of academic life at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine in more detail:

• Majors & Degree Programs at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine — the full list of majors, concentrations and graduation numbers
• Faculty & Class Sizes at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine — student-faculty ratio, full-time vs adjunct, and tenure detail
• Graduation & Retention at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine — how well the school retains and graduates students
• Online Learning at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine — what online and distance learning is available
• Accreditation at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine — the schools accreditation and what it means