Most Popular Majors

For Bachelor's Degrees

• Business/Marketing: 20%
• Biology: 15%
• Social Sciences: 11%
• English: 8%
• Psychology: 8%
• Education: 6%
• Health Professions: 6%
• Foreign Languages and Literature: 5%

Graduate Paths

Percent of graduates of four-year programs who typically continue their education within one year of receiving their bachelor's degree:

• Law school: 3%
• Medical school: 6%
• MBA programs: 4%
• Other graduate or professional programs: 20%

All Majors

Levels at which colleges offer undergraduate majors are designated by these letters:
A = Associate degree, B = Bachelor's degree, C = Certificate or diploma.

Area, Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Studies

• Asian Studies  B

Arts, Visual & Performing

• Art - General  B
• Art History/Criticism/Conservation  B
• Drama/Theater Arts  B
• Fine/Studio Arts  B
• Jazz Studies  B
• Music - General  B
• Music - General Performance  B
• Music - Piano/Organ  B
• Music - Voice/Opera  B

Biological & Biomedical Sciences

• Biology  B

Business, Management, & Marketing

• Accounting  B
• Business - General  B
• Business Administration/Management  B
• Finance/Banking  B
• International Business  B
• Management Information Systems  B
• Marketing Management  B

Communications & Journalism

• Communications/Rhetoric  B

Computer & Information Sciences

• Computer Science  B

Education

• Art Teacher Education  B
• Biology Teacher Education  B
• Chemistry Teacher Education  B
• Education - General  B
• Elementary Education  B
• English Teacher Education  B
• Foreign Language Teacher Education  B
• French Teacher Education  B
• German Teacher Education  B
• History Teacher Education  B
• Junior High Education  B
• Mathematics Education  B
• Music Teacher Education  B
• Physical Education  B
• Physics Teacher Education  B
• Science Teacher Education  B
• Secondary Education  B
• Social Science Teacher Education  B
• Spanish Language Teacher Education  B
• Speech Teacher Education  B

Engineering

• Engineering Physics  B

English Language & Literature

• English  B
• Speech/Rhetorical Studies  B

Foreign Language & Literature

• Classics  B
• French  B
• German  B
• Greek, Ancient  B
• Latin  B
• Scandinavian  B
• Spanish  B

Health Professions & Clinical Sciences

• Predentistry  B
• Premedicine  B
• Speech-Language Pathology/Audiology  B

History

• History - General  B

Law & Legal Studies

• Prelaw  B

Liberal Arts & Sciences

• Liberal Arts & Sciences  B

Mathematics

• Mathematics - General  B

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies

• Mathematics/Computer Science  B

Natural Resources & Conservation

• Natural Resources & Conservation - General  B

Philosophy & Religion

• Philosophy  B
• Religion/Religious Studies  B

Physical Sciences

• Chemistry  B
• Geology  B
• Physics  B
• Planetary Sciences  B

Psychology

• Psychology - General  B

Public Administration & Services

• Public Administration  B

Social Sciences

• Economics  B
• Geography  B
• Political Science/Government  B
• Sociology  B