Most Popular Majors

For Bachelor's Degrees

• Social Sciences: 25%
• Business/Marketing: 15%
• Psychology: 13%
• English: 7%
• Computer and Information Sciences: 6%
• Communications/Journalism: 5%
• History: 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: 1%
• MBA programs: 1%
• Other graduate or professional programs: 17%

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

• African Studies  B
• American Studies  B
• Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies  B
• East Asian Studies  B
• Latin American Studies  B
• Women's Studies  B

Arts, Visual & Performing

• Art History/Criticism/Conservation  B
• Dance  B
• Drama/Theater Arts  B
• Film Studies  B
• Fine/Studio Arts  B
• Music - General  B
• Music - General Performance  B
• Music Theory/Composition  B

Biological & Biomedical Sciences

• Biochemistry  B
• Biology  B

Business, Management, & Marketing

• Accounting  B
• Actuarial Science  B
• Finance/Banking  B
• International Business  B
• Labor Studies  B

Communications & Journalism

• Mass Communications/Media Studies  B

Computer & Information Sciences

• Computer Science  B

Education

• Art Teacher Education  B
• Early Childhood Education  B
• Elementary Education  B
• Family/Consumer Sciences - Education  B
• Music Teacher Education  B
• Physical Education  B

English Language & Literature

• English  B
• English Language & Literature - General  B

Family & Consumer Sciences

• Family/Consumer Sciences - General  B

Foreign Language & Literature

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

Health Professions & Clinical Sciences

• Communication Disorders  B

History

• History - General  B

Mathematics

• Mathematics - General  B

Natural Resources & Conservation

• Environmental Science  B
• Environmental Studies  B

Parks, Recreation & Fitness

• Nutrition & Exercise Sciences  B

Philosophy & Religion

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

Physical Sciences

• Chemistry  B
• Geology  B
• Physics  B

Psychology

• Psychology - General  B

Social Sciences

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