Most Popular Majors

For Bachelor's Degrees

• Biology: 15%
• Social Sciences: 15%
• Visual and Performing Arts: 12%
• Interdisciplinary Studies: 11%
• Area and Ethnic Studies: 9%
• Foreign Languages and Literature: 8%
• Psychology: 8%
• English: 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: 3%
• Medical school: 3%
• 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.

Area, Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Studies

• African-American Studies  B
• Area Studies  B
• Asian Studies  B
• Latin American Studies  B
• Women's Studies  B

Arts, Visual & Performing

• Art - General  B
• Arts - General  B
• Drama/Theater Arts  B
• Music - General Performance  B
• Music History/Literature  B

Biological & Biomedical Sciences

• Biochemistry  B
• Biology  B

Business, Management, & Marketing

• Business Administration/Management  B

Computer & Information Sciences

• Computer/Information Sciences - General  B

English Language & Literature

• English Language & Literature - General  B

Foreign Language & Literature

• Classics  B
• Comparative Literature  B
• French  B
• German  B
• Spanish  B

Health Professions & Clinical Sciences

• Premedicine  B

History

• History - General  B

Mathematics

• Mathematics - General  B

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies

• Biopsychology  B
• Peace/Conflict Resolution Studies  B

Natural Resources & Conservation

• Environmental Studies  B

Philosophy & Religion

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

Physical Sciences

• Chemistry  B
• Geology  B
• Physics  B

Psychology

• Psychology - General  B

Social Sciences

• Anthropology  B
• Sociology  B