Most Popular Majors

For Bachelor's Degrees

• Social Sciences: 23%
• Communications/Journalism: 12%
• Biology: 9%
• Psychology: 9%
• Visual and Performing Arts: 9%
• English: 8%
• Foreign Languages and Literature: 6%
• History: 6%

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: 2%
• Medical school: 2%
• MBA programs: 1%
• Other graduate or professional programs: 15%

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-American Studies  B
• East Asian Studies  B
• Gay/Lesbian Studies  B
• Latin American Studies  B
• Western European 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

Biological & Biomedical Sciences

• Biochemistry  B
• Biology  B

Business, Management, & Marketing

• Organizational Behavior Studies  B

Communications & Journalism

• Communications/Rhetoric  B
• Digital Communications/Multimedia  B

Computer & Information Sciences

• Computer/Information Sciences - General  B

Education

• Education - General  B
• Physical Education  B

English Language & Literature

• English  B
• English Literature (British)  B

Foreign Language & Literature

• Classics  B
• French  B
• German  B
• Spanish  B

History

• History - General  B

Mathematics

• Mathematics - General  B

Natural Resources & Conservation

• Natural Resources & Conservation - General  B

Philosophy & Religion

• 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