Academic Life at Truckee Meadows Community College

Academics at a Glance

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

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 Truckee Meadows Community College is 19 to 1, higher than the national average of 15 to 1, so some classes may be larger than at other schools. With 99% of instructors full time, Truckee Meadows Community College is above 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 report.

Majors and Fields of Study

Students at Truckee Meadows Community College can choose from 63 majors with reported graduates spanning 28 broad fields of study.

The degree levels available at Truckee Meadows Community College are shown below:

Ranked by number of graduates, these are the most popular majors at Truckee Meadows Community College.

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

Questions Worth Asking

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

• Need flexibility? Check whether Truckee Meadows Community College offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 6,708 undergraduates study at least partly online. See distance learning options.
• Interested in outcomes? Look at how well Truckee Meadows Community College retains and graduates its students. 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 into Truckee Meadows Community College

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

• Academic Majors at Truckee Meadows Community College — the full list of majors, concentrations and graduation numbers
• Faculty & Class Sizes at Truckee Meadows Community College — student-faculty ratio, full-time vs adjunct, and tenure detail
• Graduation & Retention at Truckee Meadows Community College — graduation outcomes and retention detail
• Distance Learning at Truckee Meadows Community College — online and distance enrollment options
• Accreditation Detail at Truckee Meadows Community College — accreditation status and accrediting bodies