Admissions FAQs
Academics
Q - How is the college organized?
A - Messiah College's academic schools provide not only a facility and faculty for each academic program, but also a community. Visit each school's web site using the links below.
- School of the Arts
- School of Science, Engineering & Health
- School of the Humanities
- School of Business, Education & Social Sciences
Q - What majors does Messiah College offer?
A - Messiah College offers extensive academic and career options for students by offering more than 80 majors and pre-professional programs. Learn more by visiting the academic majors page.
Q - What majors are most popular?
A - Across all undergraduate classes, the top five (5) majors are: Nursing (9%), Engineering (6%), Psychology (5%), Business Administration (4%) and Biology (3%).
Q - Does Messiah College have an Honors Program?
A - Yes. The College Honors Program is designed for students who demonstrate high scholarly ability early in their academic career. The program provides a series of interdisciplinary honors courses, which satisfies selected general education requirements. In addition, various campus activities are designed each semester exclusively for participants in the College Honors Program. Participation in the program culminates in the preparation and public presentation of an interdisciplinary research project in the senior year. Admission to the program is highly competitive. The College Honors Program is open to first-year students that are selected to receive the Trustees' or President's Scholarship.
Please visit the official College Honors Program page for more details.
Q - Does Messiah College offer a three-year degree option?
A - Yes, Messiah does offer students the opportunity to achieve their goals ahead of schedule by earning a bachelor's degree in either three or 3 1/2 years. Opportunities vary based on a student's major and numerous other factors. To learn more visit "Three Ways to Three Years."
Q - Where do graduates go after graduation?
A - Many of our Messiah College alumni are working in various professional fields. We’ve listed many of our alumni by academic majors at the Profiles of Vocation site for discovering what they are up to now!
Q - Will I be able to get to know my professors or just be another face in the crowd?
A - At Messiah, the classes are designed to be smaller, so that students will be able to have more personalized relationships with their professors. Our faculty to student ratio is 13:1.
Q - Are professors readily available for students?
A - Professors at Messiah are accessible to the students, and they have office hours for students to be able to contact them.
Q - Do professors teach first year student classes?
A - The professors at Messiah teach a wide range of classes. Since we do not have graduate students teaching ANY of Messiah’s courses, students will have professors with terminal degrees teaching even entry level courses.