Academics at Saint Mary’s College

The Academic Picture

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

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 Resources

With 8 students for every instructional faculty member, Saint Mary’s College ranks among the best colleges for instructional attention when compared with the national average of 15 to 1. Saint Mary’s College employs 69% 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.

Most Popular Majors

Saint Mary’s College offers 35 majors with reported completions across 18 broad fields of study.

The degree levels available at Saint Mary’s College are shown below:

The most popular majors at Saint Mary’s College, measured by graduates, are listed below.

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 Saint Mary’s College:

• Looking for flexibility? Saint Mary’s College may offer online or summer classes that can help you finish your degree — 22 undergraduates take at least some classes online. Explore online learning.
• Interested in outcomes? Look at how well Saint Mary’s College retains and graduates its students — 88% 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.

Explore Further on Saint Mary’s College

Each page below covers one part of academic life at Saint Mary’s College in more detail:

• Majors & Degree Programs at Saint Mary’s College — majors, concentrations and completions in detail
• Faculty Composition at Saint Mary’s College — how the teaching staff is structured
• Graduation & Retention at Saint Mary’s College — graduation outcomes and retention detail
• Online Learning at Saint Mary’s College — what online and distance learning is available
• Accreditation at Saint Mary’s College — the schools accreditation and what it means