Most Popular Majors

For Bachelor's Degrees

• Social Sciences: 44%
• Liberal Arts: 26%
• Biology: 17%
• Physical Sciences: 12%

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: 10%
• Medical school: 9%
• MBA programs: 2%
• Other graduate or professional programs: 22%

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

Area, Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Studies

• African Studies  B
• African-American Studies  B
• American Studies  B
• Area Studies  B
• Asian Studies  B
• East Asian Studies  B
• European Studies  B
• French Studies  B
• German Studies  B
• Hispanic-American Studies  B
• Italian Studies  B
• Latin American Studies  B
• Near/Middle Eastern Studies  B
• Slavic Studies  B
• South Asian Studies  B
• Women's Studies  B

Arts, Visual & Performing

• Art History/Criticism/Conservation  B
• Arts - General  B
• Drama/Theater Arts  B
• Fine/Studio Arts  B
• Music - General  B
• Musicology/Ethnomusicology  B

Biological & Biomedical Sciences

• Aquatic Biology/Limnology  B
• Biochemistry  B
• Biology  B
• Biophysics  B
• Cellular Biology/Histology  B
• Molecular Biology  B

Computer & Information Sciences

• Computer Science  B

Education

• Education - General  B

Engineering

• Biomedical Engineering  B
• Chemical Engineering  B
• Civil Engineering  B
• Computer Engineering - General  B
• Electrical/Communications Engineering  B
• Engineering Physics  B
• Materials Engineering  B
• Mechanical Engineering  B

English Language & Literature

• American Literature  B
• English  B
• English Literature (British)  B

Foreign Language & Literature

• Classics  B
• Comparative Literature  B
• French  B
• German  B
• Greek, Ancient  B
• Italian  B
• Latin  B
• Linguistics  B
• Portuguese  B
• Slavic  B
• Spanish  B

Health Professions & Clinical Sciences

• Community Health Services  B

History

• History - General  B

Mathematics

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

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies

• Ancient Studies/Civilization  B
• Biological/Physical Sciences  B
• Cognitive Science  B
• Mathematics/Computer Science  B
• Medieval/Renaissance Studies  B
• Neuroscience  B

Natural Resources & Conservation

• Environmental Science  B
• Environmental Studies  B

Philosophy & Religion

• Jewish/Judaic Studies  B
• Philosophy  B
• Religion/Religious Studies  B

Physical Sciences

• Chemical Physics  B
• Chemistry  B
• Geochemistry  B
• Geology  B
• GeophysicsSeismology  B
• Physics  B

Psychology

• Psychology - General  B

Public Administration & Services

• Public Policy Analysis  B

Social Sciences

• Anthropology  B
• Archaeology  B
• Development Economics  B
• Economics  B
• International Relations  B
• Political Science/Government  B
• Sociology  B
• Urban Studies  B