Inside Academics at Roanoke College

Academics at a Glance

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

31 Majors With Completions

11:1 Student-Faculty Ratio

84% Full-Time Faculty

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 & Class Sizes

The student-to-faculty ratio at Roanoke College is about average at 11 to 1, close to the national average of 15 to 1. Roanoke College employs 84% 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

Roanoke College offers 31 majors with reported completions across 19 broad fields of study.

The degree levels available at Roanoke 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 Roanoke College.

Most Popular Majors	Graduates
Business Administration, Management and Operations	91
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness	43
Psychology, General	39
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	31
Biology, General	30

See the full majors breakdown on the academic majors page.

More to Consider

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

Looking for flexibility? Roanoke College may offer online or summer classes that can help you finish your degree — 0 undergraduates take at least some classes online. See distance learning options.
Interested in outcomes? Look at how well Roanoke College retains and graduates its students — 76% of full-time freshmen return). Explore graduation rates.
Worried about job prospects? Ask about employment outcomes for recent graduates of Roanoke College.

Explore Further at Roanoke College

Each page below covers one part of academic life at Roanoke College in more detail:

Majors & Degree Programs at Roanoke College — majors, concentrations and completions in detail
Faculty & Class Sizes at Roanoke College — student-faculty ratio, full-time vs adjunct, and tenure detail
Graduation and Retention at Roanoke College — how well the school retains and graduates students
Online Learning at Roanoke College — what online and distance learning is available
Accreditation Detail at Roanoke College — the schools accreditation and what it means