Inside Academics at Sandhills Community College

The Academic Picture

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

27 Majors With Completions

13:1 Student-Faculty Ratio

37% Full-Time Faculty

Use the sections below to explore each part of academic life in more detail, or follow a link to the full report on that topic:

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

Faculty and Teaching

The student-to-faculty ratio at Sandhills Community College is about average at 13 to 1, close to the national average of 15 to 1. 37% of the instructors at Sandhills 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 page.

Majors & Degrees

Students at Sandhills Community College can choose from 27 majors with reported graduates spanning 14 broad fields of study.

The degree levels available at Sandhills Community College are shown below:

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

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

Most Popular Majors	Graduates
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	283
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	51
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	48
Business Administration, Management and Operations	40
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technology/Technician, General	34

See the full majors breakdown on the academic majors report.

Questions Worth Asking

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

Need flexibility? Check whether Sandhills Community College offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 3,042 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 (80% of full-time freshmen return for a second year). 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 on Sandhills Community College

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

Academic Majors at Sandhills Community College — every major and degree program offered
Faculty Composition at Sandhills Community College — how the teaching staff is structured
Graduation & Retention at Sandhills Community College — graduation outcomes and retention detail
Online Learning at Sandhills Community College — distance-learning enrollment detail
Accreditation Detail at Sandhills Community College — accreditation status and accrediting bodies