Academic Life at Shorter College

The Academic Picture

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

5 Majors With Completions

13:1 Student-Faculty Ratio

14% 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 and Teaching

With 13 students per faculty member, Shorter College is about average, as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. At Shorter College, 14% of instructors are full time, close to the national average of 47%.

For a deeper look at tenure, adjuncts and faculty composition, visit the faculty composition report.

Majors & Degrees

Shorter College offers 5 majors with reported completions across 5 broad fields of study.

The degree levels available at Shorter 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 Shorter College.

Most Popular Majors	Graduates
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations	22
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	10
Criminal Justice and Corrections	5
Religion/Religious Studies	3
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services	1

See the full majors breakdown on the academic majors report.

Additional Questions to Ask

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

Need flexibility? Check whether Shorter College offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 287 undergraduates study at least partly 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 (39% 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 at Shorter College

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

Majors & Degree Programs at Shorter College — every major and degree program offered
Faculty Composition at Shorter College — how the teaching staff is structured
Graduation & Retention at Shorter College — how well the school retains and graduates students
Online Learning at Shorter College — what online and distance learning is available
Accreditation Detail at Shorter College — the schools accreditation and what it means