Most Popular Majors

For Bachelor's Degrees

• Business/Marketing: 18%
• Education: 18%
• Agriculture: 8%
• Communications/Journalism: 6%
• Security and Protective Services: 6%
• Mechanic and Repair Technologies: 5%
• Psychology: 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: 2%
• 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.

Agriculture & Related Sciences

• Agribusiness Operations  B
• Agricultural Business  B
• Agronomy/Crop Science  B
• Animal Sciences  B
• Horticultural Services  B
• Horticulture Science  B

Arts, Visual & Performing

• Acting  B
• Art - General  B
• Drama/Theater Arts  B
• Fine/Studio Arts  B
• Music - General  B
• Music Management/Merchandising  B
• Theater Design/Stagecraft  B

Biological & Biomedical Sciences

• Biology  B

Business, Management, & Marketing

• Accounting  B
• Business Administration/Management  B
• Business/Managerial Economics  B
• Hotel/Motel Management  B
• International Business  B
• Marketing Management  B
• Restaurant/Food Services Management  B

Communications & Journalism

• Broadcast Journalism  B
• Communications/Rhetoric  B
• Journalism  B
• Public Relations  B

Communications Technologies

• Graphic/Printing Equipment Operation  B

Computer & Information Sciences

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

Education

• Art Teacher Education  B
• Biology Teacher Education  B
• Business Teacher Education  B
• Chemistry Teacher Education  B
• Elementary Education  B
• English Teacher Education  B
• Family/Consumer Sciences - Education  B
• Foreign Language Teacher Education  B
• French Teacher Education  B
• German Teacher Education  B
• History Teacher Education  B
• Mathematics Education  B
• Music Teacher Education  B
• Physical Education  B
• Science Teacher Education  B
• Secondary Education  B
• Social Studies Teacher Education  B
• Spanish Language Teacher Education  B
• Technology/Industrial Arts Education  B

English Language & Literature

• English  B
• English Language & Literature - General  B

Family & Consumer Sciences

• Child Care Management  B
• Clothing/Apparel/Textile Studies  B
• Family/Consumer Sciences - General  B
• Foods/Nutrition Studies  B

Foreign Language & Literature

• French  B
• Spanish  B

Health Professions & Clinical Sciences

• Medical Dietetics  B

History

• History - General  B

Law & Legal Studies

• Prelaw  B

Mathematics

• Mathematics - General  B

Mechanic & Repair Technologies

• Avionics Maintenance/Technology  B

Natural Resources & Conservation

• Wildlife/Wilderness Management  B

Parks, Recreation & Fitness

• Health/Physical Fitness  B
• Parks/Leisure Facilities Management  B

Philosophy & Religion

• Philosophy  B
• Philosophy & Religion - General  B
• Religion/Religious Studies  B

Physical Sciences

• Chemistry  B

Psychology

• Psychology - General  B

Public Administration & Services

• Social Work  B

Security & Protective Services

• Corrections  B
• Forensic Technologies  B
• Police Science  B

Social Sciences

• Political Science/Government  B
• Sociology  B

Transportation & Materials Moving

• Air Transportation  B