Most Popular Majors

For Bachelor's Degrees

• Business/Marketing: 18%
• Biology: 13%
• Communications/Journalism: 10%
• Psychology: 8%
• Social Sciences: 8%
• Visual and Performing Arts: 8%
• Architecture: 7%
• Education: 6%
• English: 5%
• Physical Sciences: 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: 4%
• Medical school: 8%
• MBA programs: 7%
• Other graduate or professional programs: 14%

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
• Arts - General  B
• Arts Management  B
• Commercial/Advertising Art  B
• Design/Visual Communications  B
• Drama/Theater Arts  B
• Fine/Studio Arts  B
• Jazz Studies  B
• Music - General  B
• Music - General Performance  B
• Music - Piano/Organ  B
• Music - Voice/Opera  B
• Music Management/Merchandising  B
• Music Theory/Composition  B

Biological & Biomedical Sciences

• Biology  B

Business, Management, & Marketing

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

Communications & Journalism

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

Computer & Information Sciences

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

Education

• Education - General  B
• Elementary Education  B
• Music Teacher Education  B
• Physical Education  B
• Secondary Education  B

English Language & Literature

• Creative Writing  B
• English  B

Foreign Language & Literature

• French  B
• German  B
• Spanish  B

Health Professions & Clinical Sciences

• Nursing - Preoperative/Surgical  B
• Predentistry  B
• Premedicine  B
• Preveterinary Medicine  B

History

• History - General  B

Liberal Arts & Sciences

• Liberal Arts & Sciences  B

Mathematics

• Mathematics - General  B

Natural Resources & Conservation

• Environmental Science  B
• Environmental Studies  B

Parks, Recreation & Fitness

• Exercise Sciences  B

Philosophy & Religion

• Philosophy  B

Physical Sciences

• Chemistry  B

Psychology

• Psychology - General  B

Social Sciences

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