Most Popular Majors

For Bachelor's Degrees

• Business/Marketing: 11%
• Education: 11%
• Health Professions: 9%
• Engineering: 7%
• English: 7%
• Foreign Languages and Literature: 7%
• Social Sciences: 7%
• Psychology: 6%
• Visual and Performing Arts: 6%
• Biology: 5%
• Public Administration and Social Services: 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: 1%
• Medical school: 2%
• MBA programs: 1%
• Other graduate or professional programs: 12%

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
• Arts - General  B
• Drama/Theater Arts  B
• Film Studies  B
• Fine/Studio Arts  B
• Music - General  B
• Music - General Performance  B
• Music - Piano/Organ  B
• Music - Voice/Opera  B
• Music Conducting  B
• Music History/Literature  B
• Music Theory/Composition  B

Biological & Biomedical Sciences

• Biochemistry  B
• Biology  B
• Biotechnology  B

Business, Management, & Marketing

• Accounting  B
• Business - General  B
• Business Administration/Management  B
• Business Communications  B
• Management Information Systems  B

Communications & Journalism

• Communications/Rhetoric  B
• Digital Communications/Multimedia  B
• Mass Communications/Media Studies  B

Computer & Information Sciences

• Computer Networking/Telecommunications  B
• Computer Programming - General  B
• Computer Science  B
• Computer/Information Sciences - General  B
• Information Sciences/Systems  B

Education

• Art Teacher Education  B
• Bilingual/Bicultural Education  B
• Biology Teacher Education  B
• Chemistry Teacher Education  B
• Early Childhood Education  B
• Education - General  B
• Education of Deaf/Hearing Impaired  B
• Education of Mentally Handicapped  B
• Education of Speech Impaired  B
• Elementary Education  B
• English 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
• Reading Teacher Education  B
• Secondary Education  B
• Social Studies Teacher Education  B
• Spanish Language Teacher Education  B
• Special Education  B

Engineering

• Chemical Engineering  B
• Civil Engineering  B
• Electrical/Communications Engineering  B
• Engineering - General  B
• Mechanical Engineering  B

English Language & Literature

• English  B
• English Language & Literature - General  B
• Speech/Rhetorical Studies  B

Foreign Language & Literature

• Ancient Near Eastern/Biblical Languages  B
• Classics  B
• Dutch/Flemish  B
• French  B
• German  B
• Greek, Ancient  B
• Greek, Modern  B
• Latin  B
• Spanish  B

Health Professions & Clinical Sciences

• Athletic Training/Sports Medicine  B
• Communication Disorders  B
• Nursing - Preoperative/Surgical  B
• Predentistry  B
• Premedicine  B
• Prepharmacy  B
• Preveterinary Medicine  B
• Recreational Therapy  B
• Speech-Language Pathology  B
• Speech-Language Pathology/Audiology  B

History

• American History (U.S.)  B
• European History  B
• History - General  B

Law & Legal Studies

• Prelaw  B

Liberal Arts & Sciences

• Liberal Arts & Sciences  B

Mathematics

• Mathematics - General  B

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies

• Biological/Physical Sciences  B
• Classical/Ancient Mediterranean/Near Eastern Studies  B
• Natural Sciences  B

Natural Resources & Conservation

• Environmental Science  B

Parks, Recreation & Fitness

• Exercise Sciences  B
• Health/Physical Fitness  B
• Parks, Recreation & Fitness - General  B

Philosophy & Religion

• Philosophy  B
• Religion/Religious Studies  B

Physical Sciences

• Chemistry  B
• Geology  B
• Physics  B

Psychology

• Psychology - General  B

Public Administration & Services

• Public Administration  B
• Social Work  B

Social Sciences

• Development Economics  B
• Economics  B
• Geography  B
• International Relations  B
• Political Science/Government  B
• Social Sciences - General  B
• Sociology  B

Theological Studies & Religious Vocations

• Bible Studies  B
• Religious/Sacred Music  B