Academic Life at Wichita State University

The Academic Picture

Academics are the heart of the college experience. This overview pulls together the essentials of academic life at Wichita State University: 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 Wichita State University is 20 to 1, higher than the national average of 15 to 1, so some classes may be larger than at other schools. Wichita State University employs 63% of its instructors full time, above the national average of 47%.

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

Majors and Fields of Study

Students at Wichita State University can choose from 96 majors with reported graduates spanning 27 broad fields of study.

Degrees offered at Wichita State University are summarised below:

Ranked by number of graduates, these are the most popular majors at Wichita State University.

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

Additional Questions to Ask

Before you decide, here are a few more questions to consider about academics at Wichita State University:

• Need flexibility? Check whether Wichita State University offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 8,389 undergraduates study at least partly online. Explore online learning.
• Interested in outcomes? Look at how well Wichita State University retains and graduates its students — 69% of full-time freshmen return). Explore graduation rates.
• Worried about job prospects? Ask about employment outcomes for recent graduates of Wichita State University.

Dig Deeper into Academics into Wichita State University

Each page below covers one part of academic life at Wichita State University in more detail:

• Majors & Degree Programs at Wichita State University — every major and degree program offered
• Faculty Composition at Wichita State University — student-faculty ratio, full-time vs adjunct, and tenure detail
• Graduation & Retention at Wichita State University — how well the school retains and graduates students
• Online Learning at Wichita State University — distance-learning enrollment detail
• Accreditation Detail at Wichita State University — the schools accreditation and what it means