Inside Academics at River Valley Community College

The Academic Picture

Academics are the heart of the college experience. This overview pulls together the essentials of academic life at River Valley Community 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 River Valley Community College:

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

Faculty & Class Sizes

At a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, River Valley Community College offers far more individual attention than the national average of 15 to 1. At River Valley Community College, 27% 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.

Most Popular Majors

River Valley Community College offers 16 majors with reported completions across 7 broad fields of study.

The degree levels available at River Valley Community College are shown below:

The most popular majors at River Valley Community College, measured by graduates, are listed below.

See the full majors breakdown on the academic majors report.

More to Consider

As you weigh academic life at River Valley Community College, a few more questions are worth asking:

• Need flexibility? Check whether River Valley Community College offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 433 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 (41% 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 River Valley Community College.

Explore Further into River Valley Community College

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

• Academic Majors at River Valley Community College — the full list of majors, concentrations and graduation numbers
• Faculty & Class Sizes at River Valley Community College — the full faculty and class-size breakdown
• Graduation and Retention at River Valley Community College — graduation outcomes and retention detail
• Distance Learning at River Valley Community College — distance-learning enrollment detail
• Accreditation Detail at River Valley Community College — accreditation status and accrediting bodies