Agnes Scott College Academic Life

Summary

The student-faculty ratio at Agnes Scott College is 11:1, and the school has 61.4 percent of its classes with fewer than 20 students. The most popular majors at Agnes Scott College include: Social Sciences; Biological and Biomedical Sciences; English Language and Literature/Letters; Psychology; and Visual and Performing Arts. The average freshman retention rate, an indicator of student satisfaction, is 82.8 percent.

Faculty & Classes

General education/core curriculum required	Yes
Coursework required for graduation
Arts/fine arts Foreign languages Humanities Sciences (biological or physical) Mathematics History English (including composition) Social science Philosophy Other
Class sizes
Student-faculty ratio	11:1
Full-time faculty gender distribution
Part-time faculty gender distribution

Majors

Five most popular majors for 2011 graduates

Social Sciences 26% Biological and Biomedical Sciences 14% English Language and Literature/Letters 13% Psychology 9% Visual and Performing Arts 9%

Academic Programs & Offerings

Degrees offered	Bachelor's
Combined-degree programs	Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology; Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology; Nursing at Emory University
Student participation in special academic programs
First-year experiences 100% Service learning 89% Senior capstone or culminating academic experience 87% Writing in the disciplines 100% Undergraduate research/creative projects 30% Learning communities 24%

Graduation & Retention

Average freshman retention rate	83%
4-year graduation rate	58

* Academic Life details based on 2011 data