Most Popular Majors

For Bachelor's Degrees

• Visual and Performing Arts: 33%
• Social Sciences: 12%
• English: 10%
• Area and Ethnic Studies: 9%
• History: 6%
• Biology: 5%
• Health Professions: 5%
• Philosophy and Religious Studies: 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: 2%
• Medical school: 2%
• Other graduate or professional programs: 1%

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

• Animal Sciences  B

Architecture & Related Programs

• Environmental Design  B

Area, Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Studies

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

Arts, Visual & Performing

• Art - General  B
• Art History/Criticism/Conservation  B
• Arts - General  B
• Dance  B
• Design/Visual Communications  B
• Drama/Theater Arts  B
• Drawing  B
• Film Production/Cinematography  B
• Film Studies  B
• Fine/Studio Arts  B
• Multimedia  B
• Music - General  B
• Painting  B
• Photography  B
• Playwriting/Screenwriting  B
• Sculpture  B

Biological & Biomedical Sciences

• Biology  B

Business, Management, & Marketing

• Business - General  B
• International Business  B

Communications & Journalism

• Communications/Rhetoric  B
• Journalism  B

Computer & Information Sciences

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

Education

• Early Childhood Education  B
• Education - General  B
• Elementary Education  B
• Secondary Education  B

English Language & Literature

• American Literature  B
• English  B
• English Literature (British)  B

Family & Consumer Sciences

• Foods/Nutrition Studies  B
• Human Development/Family Studies  B

Foreign Language & Literature

• Comparative Literature  B
• Linguistics  B

Health Professions & Clinical Sciences

• Predentistry  B
• Premedicine  B
• Preveterinary Medicine  B

History

• History - General  B

Liberal Arts & Sciences

• Liberal Arts & Sciences  B

Mathematics

• Mathematics - General  B

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies

• Behavioral Sciences  B
• Biological/Physical Sciences  B
• Biopsychology  B
• Global Studies  B
• Mathematics/Computer Science  B
• Natural Sciences  B
• Neuroscience  B
• Nutrition Sciences  B
• Peace/Conflict Resolution Studies  B
• Science, Technology & Society  B

Natural Resources & Conservation

• Environmental Studies  B

Philosophy & Religion

• Jewish/Judaic Studies  B
• 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
• Demography/Population Studies  B
• Economics  B
• Political Science/Government  B
• Social Sciences - General  B
• Sociology  B
• Urban Studies  B