Inside Academics at Sumner College

Academics at a Glance

Academics are the heart of the college experience. This overview pulls together the essentials of academic life at Sumner 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 Sumner College:

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

Faculty Resources

With 13 students per faculty member, Sumner College is about average, as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. 22% of the instructors at Sumner 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.

Most Popular Majors

Students at Sumner College can choose from 3 majors with reported graduates spanning 1 broad fields of study.

Degrees offered at Sumner College are summarised below:

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

See the full majors breakdown on the academic majors page.

Additional Questions to Ask

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

• Need flexibility? Check whether Sumner College offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 532 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 (100% of full-time freshmen return for a second year). Explore graduation rates.
• Worried about job prospects? Ask about employment outcomes for recent graduates of Sumner College.

Dig Deeper into Academics on Sumner College

Each page below covers one part of academic life at Sumner College in more detail:

• Majors & Degree Programs at Sumner College — the full list of majors, concentrations and graduation numbers
• Faculty & Class Sizes at Sumner College — the full faculty and class-size breakdown
• Graduation and Retention at Sumner College — graduation outcomes and retention detail
• Distance Learning at Sumner College — distance-learning enrollment detail
• Accreditation Detail at Sumner College — the schools accreditation and what it means