Most Popular Majors

For Bachelor's Degrees

• Social Sciences: 26%
• English: 13%
• Psychology: 13%
• Visual and Performing Arts: 11%
• Area and Ethnic Studies: 8%
• Biology: 5%
• Foreign Languages and Literature: 5%
• History: 5%
• Interdisciplinary Studies: 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: 7%
• Medical school: 5%
• Other graduate or professional programs: 11%

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.

Architecture & Related Programs

• Architectural History/Criticism  B
• Architecture  B

Area, Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Studies

• African Studies  B
• American Studies  B
• Area Studies  B
• Asian Studies  B
• European Studies  B
• French Studies  B
• German Studies  B
• Latin American Studies  B
• Near/Middle Eastern Studies  B
• Russian/Slavic Area Studies  B
• Slavic Studies  B
• Spanish/Iberian Studies  B
• Women's Studies  B

Arts, Visual & Performing

• Art History/Criticism/Conservation  B
• Arts - General  B
• Dance  B
• Drama/Theater Arts  B
• Film Studies  B
• Jazz Studies  B
• Music - General  B

Biological & Biomedical Sciences

• Biochemistry  B
• Biology  B
• Biophysics  B
• Environmental Biology  B

Computer & Information Sciences

• Computer Science  B
• Computer/Information Sciences - General  B

Engineering

• Engineering Physics  B

English Language & Literature

• English  B
• English Language & Literature - General  B

Foreign Language & Literature

• Classics  B
• Comparative Literature  B
• French  B
• German  B
• Greek, Ancient  B
• Greek, Modern  B
• Italian  B
• Latin  B
• Linguistics  B
• Russian  B
• Spanish  B

History

• History - General  B

Mathematics

• Applied Mathematics  B
• Mathematics - General  B
• Statistics  B

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies

• Ancient Studies/Civilization  B
• Biopsychology  B
• Medieval/Renaissance Studies  B

Natural Resources & Conservation

• Environmental Science  B
• Environmental Studies  B

Philosophy & Religion

• Philosophy  B
• Religion/Religious Studies  B

Physical Sciences

• Astronomy  B
• Astrophysics  B
• Chemical Physics  B
• Chemistry  B
• Geology  B
• Physics  B

Psychology

• Psychology - General  B

Social Sciences

• Anthropology  B
• Economics  B
• Geography  B
• Political Science/Government  B
• Sociology  B
• Urban Studies  B