Academic Life at Rhodes College

The Academic Picture

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

31 Majors With Completions

11:1 Student-Faculty Ratio

83% Full-Time Faculty

Jump to any section below, or follow a link to dig deeper into a specific part of academic life at Rhodes College:

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

Faculty & Class Sizes

With 11 students per faculty member, Rhodes College is about average, as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. Rhodes College employs 83% 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

Rhodes College offers 31 majors with reported completions across 18 broad fields of study.

The degree levels available at Rhodes College are shown below:

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

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

Most Popular Majors	Graduates
Business Administration, Management and Operations	56
Biology, General	45
Computer Science	39
Neurobiology and Neurosciences	34
Psychology, General	33

See the full majors breakdown on the academic majors page.

Questions Worth Asking

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

Looking for flexibility? Rhodes College may offer online or summer classes that can help you finish your degree. See distance learning options.
Interested in outcomes? Look at how well Rhodes College retains and graduates its students — 92% 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.

Continue Your Research into Rhodes College

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

Academic Majors at Rhodes College — majors, concentrations and completions in detail
Faculty & Class Sizes at Rhodes College — the full faculty and class-size breakdown
Graduation and Retention at Rhodes College — graduation and first-year retention rates
Online Learning at Rhodes College — distance-learning enrollment detail
Accreditation Detail at Rhodes College — the schools accreditation and what it means