Most Popular Majors

For Bachelor's Degrees

• Education: 18%
• Business/Marketing: 14%
• Psychology: 9%
• Social Sciences: 7%
• Foreign Languages and Literature: 6%
• Communications/Journalism: 5%
• English: 5%
• Health Professions: 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: 3%
• Medical school: 3%
• MBA programs: 1%
• Other graduate or professional programs: 20%

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

• Japanese Studies  B

Arts, Visual & Performing

• Art History/Criticism/Conservation  B
• Dance  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
• Stringed Instruments  B

Biological & Biomedical Sciences

• Biochemistry  B
• Biology  B

Business, Management, & Marketing

• Accounting  B
• Business Administration/Management  B

Communications & Journalism

• Communications/Rhetoric  B

Computer & Information Sciences

• Computer/Information Sciences - General  B

Education

• Education of Emotionally Handicapped  B
• Education of Learning Disabled  B
• Elementary Education  B
• Latin Teacher Education  B
• Music Teacher Education  B
• Physical Education  B
• Secondary Education  B

Engineering

• Engineering - General  B
• Engineering Physics  B

English Language & Literature

• English  B

Foreign Language & Literature

• Ancient Near Eastern/Biblical Languages  B
• Classics  B
• French  B
• German  B
• Latin  B
• Spanish  B

Health Professions & Clinical Sciences

• Athletic Training/Sports Medicine  B
• Nursing (RN)  B

History

• History - General  B

Mathematics

• Mathematics - General  B

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies

• Biological/Physical Sciences  B

Natural Resources & Conservation

• Environmental Science  B

Parks, Recreation & Fitness

• Exercise Sciences  B

Philosophy & Religion

• Philosophy  B
• Religion/Religious Studies  B

Physical Sciences

• Chemistry  B
• Geochemistry  B
• Geology  B
• GeophysicsSeismology  B
• Physics  B

Psychology

• Psychology - General  B

Public Administration & Services

• Social Work  B

Social Sciences

• Economics  B
• Political Science/Government  B
• Social Sciences - General  B
• Sociology  B