Most Popular Majors

For Bachelor's Degrees

• Business/Marketing: 20%
• Education: 15%
• Health Professions: 9%
• Communications/Journalism: 6%
• Computer and Information Sciences: 6%
• Theology and Religious Vocations: 6%
• Family and Consumer 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: 1%
• Medical school: 2%
• MBA programs: 3%
• Other graduate or professional programs: 18%

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

• American Studies  B

Arts, Visual & Performing

• Art - General  B
• Drama/Theater Arts  B
• Fashion Design  B
• Fine/Studio Arts  B
• Graphic Design  B
• Interior Design  B
• Music - General  B
• Music - General Performance  B
• Music - Voice/Opera  B
• Painting  B

Biological & Biomedical Sciences

• Biochemistry  B
• Biology  B

Business, Management, & Marketing

• Accounting  B
• Business Administration/Management  B
• Business Communications  B
• Fashion Merchandising  B
• Human Resources Management  B
• International Business  B
• Marketing Management  B
• Sales and Distribution  B
• Sales/Selling Skills  B

Communications & Journalism

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

Computer & Information Sciences

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

Education

• Art Teacher Education  B
• Biology Teacher Education  B
• Chemistry Teacher Education  B
• Counselor Education  B
• Early Childhood Education  B
• Early Childhood Special Education  B
• Education of Learning Disabled  B
• Elementary Education  B
• English Teacher Education  B
• Family/Consumer Sciences - Education  B
• Foreign Language Teacher Education  B
• Health Teacher Education  B
• Junior High Education  B
• Mathematics Education  B
• Music Teacher Education  B
• Physical Education  B
• Reading Teacher Education  B
• Science Teacher Education  B
• Secondary Education  B
• Social Studies Teacher Education  B
• Spanish Language Teacher Education  B
• Special Education  B
• Speech Teacher Education  B
• Teacher Education, Multiple Levels  B

Engineering

• Computer Engineering - General  B
• Electrical/Communications Engineering  B
• Mechanical Engineering  B

English Language & Literature

• English  B

Family & Consumer Sciences

• Family/Consumer Sciences - General  B

Foreign Language & Literature

• French  B
• Spanish  B

Health Professions & Clinical Sciences

• Art Therapy  B
• Athletic Training/Sports Medicine  B
• Clinical Laboratory Science  B
• Communication Disorders  B
• Health System Administration  B
• Marriage/Family Therapy  B
• Medical Dietetics  B
• Nursing (RN)  B
• Predentistry  B
• Premedicine  B
• Prepharmacy  B
• Preveterinary Medicine  B
• Speech-Language Pathology  B

History

• History - General  B

Law & Legal Studies

• Prelaw  B

Liberal Arts & Sciences

• General Studies  B
• Humanities  B

Mathematics

• Mathematics - General  B

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies

• Global Studies  B

Parks, Recreation & Fitness

• Exercise Sciences  B
• Sport/Fitness Administration  B

Philosophy & Religion

• Christian Studies  B
• Religion/Religious Studies  B

Physical Sciences

• Chemistry  B
• Physics  B

Psychology

• Psychology - General  B

Public Administration & Services

• Public Administration  B
• Social Work  B

Security & Protective Services

• Criminal Justice Studies  B

Social Sciences

• Economics  B
• International Relations  B
• Political Science/Government  B
• Social Sciences - General  B

Theological Studies & Religious Vocations

• Bible Studies  B
• Ministry  B
• Missionary Studies  B
• Religious Education  B
• Theology  B
• Youth Ministry  B