John Carroll University Academic Life

Summary

The student-faculty ratio at John Carroll University is 13:1, and the school has 43.7 percent of its classes with fewer than 20 students. The most popular majors at John Carroll University include: Speech Communication and Rhetoric; Education, General; Marketing/Marketing Management, General; Business Administration and Management, General; and Psychology, General. The average freshman retention rate, an indicator of student satisfaction, is 87.0 percent.

Faculty & Classes

General education/core curriculum required	Yes
Coursework required for graduation
Humanities 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

Speech Communication and Rhetoric 10% Education, General 9% Marketing/Marketing Management, General 9% Business Administration and Management, General 8% Psychology, General 8%

Academic Programs & Offerings

Degrees offered	Certificate, Bachelor's, Post-bachelor's certificate, Master's, Post-master's certificate
Combined-degree programs	MEDStart Program with the University of Toledo College of Medicine; Master of Nursing, Master of Science in Nursing (both 3-1 programs); Doctor of Nursing Practice CWRU; Masters in Social Work with Case Western Reserve University; Science and Engineering Program with University of Detroit Mercy or Case Western Reserve University
Student participation in special academic programs
First-year experiences 100% Service learning 43% Senior capstone or culminating academic experience 17% Writing in the disciplines 100% Undergraduate research/creative projects 5% Learning communities 1%

Graduation & Retention

Average freshman retention rate	87%
4-year graduation rate	64

* Academic Life details based on 2011 data