Inside Academics at Principia College

All About Academics

Heres a high-level look at academic life at Principia College, covering the student-to-faculty ratio, the majors and degrees offered, and what online and distance learning is available.

26 Majors With Completions

5:1 Student-Faculty Ratio

100% 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 Resources

At a student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, Principia College offers far more individual attention than the national average of 15 to 1. Principia College employs 100% 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 page.

Majors and Fields of Study

Principia College offers 26 majors with reported completions across 16 broad fields of study.

Degrees offered at Principia College are summarised below:

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

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

Most Popular Majors	Graduates
Communication, General	7
Education, General	7
Business Administration, Management and Operations	6
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	5
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	5

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

Additional Questions to Ask

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

Need flexibility? Check whether Principia College offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 73 undergraduates study at least partly online. See distance learning options.
Thinking about graduate school? Consider how many students continue their studies and how well the school retains and graduates its students (83% 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.

Continue Your Research into Principia College

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

Majors & Degree Programs at Principia College — every major and degree program offered
Faculty Composition at Principia College — how the teaching staff is structured
Graduation and Retention at Principia College — graduation outcomes and retention detail
Online Learning at Principia College — online and distance enrollment options
Accreditation at Principia College — the schools accreditation and what it means