Most Popular Majors

For Bachelor's Degrees

• Business/Marketing: 23%
• Communications/Journalism: 15%
• Visual and Performing Arts: 15%
• Education: 10%
• Social Sciences: 8%
• English: 7%
• Other: 6%
• Psychology: 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: 1%
• MBA programs: 4%
• 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

• Latin American Studies  B

Arts, Visual & Performing

• Arts - General  B
• Drama/Theater Arts  B
• Fine/Studio Arts  B

Business, Management, & Marketing

• Accounting  B
• Business Administration/Management  B

Communications & Journalism

• Communications/Rhetoric  B

Education

• Art Teacher Education  B
• Drama/Dance Teacher Education  B
• Education of Deaf/Hearing Impaired  B
• Elementary Education  B
• English Teacher Education  B
• History Teacher Education  B
• Secondary Education  B
• Social Science Teacher Education  B
• Social Studies Teacher Education  B
• Special Education  B
• Teacher Education, Multiple Levels  B

English Language & Literature

• English  B

Foreign Language & Literature

• Spanish  B

History

• History - General  B

Liberal Arts & Sciences

• Liberal Arts & Sciences  B

Parks, Recreation & Fitness

• Sport/Fitness Administration  B

Philosophy & Religion

• Philosophy  B
• Philosophy & Religion - General  B

Psychology

• Psychology - General  B

Public Administration & Services

• Public Administration  B

Social Sciences

• Political Science/Government  B
• Sociology  B