Most Popular Majors

For Bachelor's Degrees

• Architecture: 12%
• Social Sciences: 11%
• Visual and Performing Arts: 11%
• Psychology: 9%
• Communications/Journalism: 8%
• Business/Marketing: 7%
• History: 7%
• Engineering: 5%
• Health Professions: 5%
• Philosophy and Religious 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: 13%
• Medical school: 6%
• MBA programs: 2%
• 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.

Architecture & Related Programs

• Architecture  B

Arts, Visual & Performing

• Art - General  B
• Art History/Criticism/Conservation  B
• Drama/Theater Arts  B
• Music - General  B
• Music - General Performance  B
• Music - Piano/Organ  B
• Music - Voice/Opera  B
• Music History/Literature  B
• Music Theory/Composition  B

Biological & Biomedical Sciences

• Biochemistry  B
• Biology  B

Business, Management, & Marketing

• Accounting  B
• Business - General  B
• Finance/Banking  B
• Human Resources Management  B
• International Finance  B
• Management Science  B

Communications & Journalism

• Communications/Rhetoric  B

Computer & Information Sciences

• Computer/Information Sciences - General  B

Education

• Biology Teacher Education  B
• Chemistry Teacher Education  B
• Drama/Dance Teacher Education  B
• ESL Teacher Education  B
• Early Childhood Education  B
• Education - General  B
• Elementary Education  B
• English Teacher Education  B
• History Teacher Education  B
• Mathematics Education  B
• Music Teacher Education  B
• Secondary Education  B
• Spanish Language Teacher Education  B

Engineering

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

English Language & Literature

• English  B

Foreign Language & Literature

• Classics  B
• French  B
• German  B
• Greek, Modern  B
• Latin  B
• Spanish  B

Health Professions & Clinical Sciences

• Clinical Laboratory Science  B
• Nursing (RN)  B

History

• History - General  B

Liberal Arts & Sciences

• Liberal Arts & Sciences  B

Mathematics

• Mathematics - General  B

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies

• Medieval/Renaissance Studies  B

Philosophy & Religion

• Philosophy  B
• Religion/Religious Studies  B

Physical Sciences

• Atomic/Molecular Physics  B
• Chemistry  B
• Physics  B

Psychology

• Psychology - General  B

Public Administration & Services

• Social Work  B

Social Sciences

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