Catholic University of America Academic Life

Summary

The student-faculty ratio at Catholic University of America is 9:1, and the school has 63.2 percent of its classes with fewer than 20 students. The most popular majors at Catholic University of America include: Architecture; Political Science and Government, General; Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse; Psychology, General; and Mass Communication/Media Studies. The average freshman retention rate, an indicator of student satisfaction, is 80.2 percent.

Faculty & Classes

General education/core curriculum required	Yes
Coursework required for graduation
Humanities Foreign languages Mathematics Social science English (including composition) Other Philosophy
Class sizes
Student-faculty ratio	9:1
Full-time faculty gender distribution
Part-time faculty gender distribution

Majors

Five most popular majors for 2011 graduates

Architecture 12% Political Science and Government, General 12% Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse 9% Psychology, General 8% Mass Communication/Media Studies 6%

Academic Programs & Offerings

Degrees offered	Associate, Bachelor's, Post-bachelor's certificate, Master's, Post-master's certificate, Doctorate - professional practice, Doctorate - research/scholarship
Combined-degree programs	Anthropology -BA/MA; Architecture -BS/MARCH; BA/MA in Accounting; BS Architecture / BCE Engineering; Biology -BS/MS; Classics -BA/MA; Computer Science -BSCS/MSCS; Education -BA/MA; History -BA/MA; Nursing -BSN/MSN; PSYC-BA/MA; Philosophy -BA/MA; Physics -BS/MS; Politics -BA/MA; Spanish -BA/MA
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 Learning communities N/A

Graduation & Retention

Average freshman retention rate	80%
4-year graduation rate	61

* Academic Life details based on 2011 data