Academic Life at Salt Lake Community College

All About Academics

Academics are the heart of the college experience. This overview pulls together the essentials of academic life at Salt Lake Community 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

The student-to-faculty ratio at Salt Lake Community College is about average at 17 to 1, close to the national average of 15 to 1. 23% of the instructors at Salt Lake Community College are employed full time, near 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

Salt Lake Community College offers 83 majors with reported completions across 33 broad fields of study.

Degrees offered at Salt Lake Community College are summarised below:

The most popular majors at Salt Lake Community College, measured by graduates, are listed below.

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

Additional Questions to Ask

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

• Looking for flexibility? Salt Lake Community College may offer online or summer classes that can help you finish your degree — 10,864 undergraduates take at least some classes 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 (57% of full-time freshmen return for a second year). Explore graduation rates.
• Will a degree land you a job? Ask how many graduates were employed full time a year after finishing.

Continue Your Research into Salt Lake Community College

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

• Majors & Degree Programs at Salt Lake Community College — the full list of majors, concentrations and graduation numbers
• Faculty & Class Sizes at Salt Lake Community College — student-faculty ratio, full-time vs adjunct, and tenure detail
• Graduation & Retention at Salt Lake Community College — graduation and first-year retention rates
• Distance Learning at Salt Lake Community College — distance-learning enrollment detail
• Accreditation Detail at Salt Lake Community College — regional and program accreditation status