Academics at South Suburban College

All About Academics

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

Jump to any section below, or follow a link to dig deeper into a specific part of academic life at South Suburban College:

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

Faculty Resources

The student-to-faculty ratio at South Suburban College is about average at 17 to 1, close to the national average of 15 to 1. 34% of the instructors at South Suburban College are employed full time, near the national average of 47%.

For the full breakdown — tenure status, part-time and adjunct share, and how the faculty compares with the national average — see the faculty composition page.

Majors & Degrees

South Suburban College offers 22 majors with reported completions across 13 broad fields of study.

The degree levels available at South Suburban College are shown below:

Ranked by number of graduates, these are the most popular majors at South Suburban College.

See the full majors breakdown on the academic majors report.

Questions Worth Asking

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

• Need flexibility? Check whether South Suburban College offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 1,663 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 (63% of full-time freshmen return for a second year). See graduation and retention.
• Worried about job prospects? Ask about employment outcomes for recent graduates of South Suburban College.

Continue Your Research on South Suburban College

Use the pages below to go deeper on any academic topic:

• Academic Majors at South Suburban College — majors, concentrations and completions in detail
• Faculty Composition at South Suburban College — how the teaching staff is structured
• Graduation & Retention at South Suburban College — graduation and first-year retention rates
• Online Learning at South Suburban College — distance-learning enrollment detail
• Accreditation Detail at South Suburban College — accreditation status and accrediting bodies