Academic Life at University of Wisconsin-Parkside

All About Academics

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

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 & Class Sizes

With 18 students per faculty member, University of Wisconsin-Parkside is about average, as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. University of Wisconsin-Parkside employs 70% of its instructors full time, 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 page.

Majors and Fields of Study

University of Wisconsin-Parkside offers 49 majors with reported completions across 20 broad fields of study.

The degree levels available at University of Wisconsin-Parkside are shown below:

Ranked by number of graduates, these are the most popular majors at University of Wisconsin-Parkside.

See the full majors breakdown on the academic majors page.

Questions Worth Asking

As you weigh academic life at University of Wisconsin-Parkside, a few more questions are worth asking:

• Need flexibility? Check whether University of Wisconsin-Parkside offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 2,099 undergraduates study at least partly online. See distance learning options.
• Interested in outcomes? Look at how well University of Wisconsin-Parkside retains and graduates its students — 69% of full-time freshmen return). See graduation and retention.
• Worried about job prospects? Ask about employment outcomes for recent graduates of University of Wisconsin-Parkside.

Dig Deeper into Academics on University of Wisconsin-Parkside

Each page below covers one part of academic life at University of Wisconsin-Parkside in more detail:

• Academic Majors at University of Wisconsin-Parkside — majors, concentrations and completions in detail
• Faculty & Class Sizes at University of Wisconsin-Parkside — the full faculty and class-size breakdown
• Graduation and Retention at University of Wisconsin-Parkside — graduation and first-year retention rates
• Online Learning at University of Wisconsin-Parkside — what online and distance learning is available
• Accreditation at University of Wisconsin-Parkside — the schools accreditation and what it means