Alfred University Academic Life

Summary

The student-faculty ratio at Alfred University is 13:1, and the school has 60.1 percent of its classes with fewer than 20 students. The most popular majors at Alfred University include: Visual and Performing Arts; Engineering; Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services; and Psychology. The average freshman retention rate, an indicator of student satisfaction, is 75.5 percent.

Faculty & Classes

General education/core curriculum required	Yes
Coursework required for graduation
Arts/fine arts Sciences (biological or physical) Mathematics History English (including composition) Social science Philosophy Other Foreign languages
Class sizes
Student-faculty ratio	13:1
Full-time faculty gender distribution
Part-time faculty gender distribution

Majors

Five most popular majors for 2011 graduates

Visual and Performing Arts 30% Engineering 18% Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services 14% Psychology 9%

Academic Programs & Offerings

Degrees offered	Bachelor's, Master's, Post-master's certificate, Doctorate - research/scholarship
Combined-degree programs	Alfred/Columbia University Liberal Arts/Engineering Program; Alfred/Duke University Environmental Management Forestry Program
Student participation in special academic programs
First-year experiences N/A Service learning N/A Senior capstone or culminating academic experience N/A Undergraduate research/creative projects N/A

Graduation & Retention

Average freshman retention rate	76%
4-year graduation rate	43

* Academic Life details based on 2011 data