Chestnut Hill College Academic Life

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The student-faculty ratio at Chestnut Hill College is 10:1, and the school has 82.3 percent of its classes with fewer than 20 students. The most popular majors at Chestnut Hill College include: Public Administration and Social Service Professions; Education; Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services; Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services; and Psychology. The average freshman retention rate, an indicator of student satisfaction, is 70.0 percent.

Faculty & Classes

General education/core curriculum required Yes
Coursework required for graduation
Arts/fine arts Sciences (biological or physical)
Humanities History
Mathematics Social science
English (including composition) Other
Foreign languages
Class sizes
Class sizes
Student-faculty ratio 10:1
Full-time faculty gender distribution
Full-time faculty gender distribution
Part-time faculty gender distribution
Part-time faculty gender distribution

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Majors

Five most popular majors for 2011 graduates
Public Administration and Social Service Professions 21%
Education 18%
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services 16%
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services 9%
Psychology 7%

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Academic Programs & Offerings

Degrees offered Certificate, Associate, transfer-associate, Bachelor's, Post-bachelor's certificate, Master's, Post-master's certificate, Doctorate - professional practice
Combined-degree programs BA/MS Counseling Psychology (5-year program); BS/BS Biology or Chemistry, with Cytotechnology or Cytogenetic Tech at Thomas Jefferson University; BS/BS Biology or Chemistry, with Medical Technology or Biotechnology at Thomas Jefferson University; BS/DPM Biology or Chemistry & Doctor of Podiatric Medicine at Temple Univ Coll of Podiatric Medicine; BS/MMS/Biol or Chem/Physician Assistant; BS/MS Administration of Human Services; BS/MS/Computer and Info Sciences/Tech and Instructional Technology; BS/MS/Computer and Info Sciences/Technology
Student participation in special academic programs
First-year experiences N/A
Service learning N/A
Senior capstone or culminating academic experience N/A
Writing in the disciplines N/A
Undergraduate research/creative projects N/A

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Graduation & Retention

Average freshman retention rate 70%
4-year graduation rate 33

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* Academic Life details based on 2011 data

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