Most Popular Majors

For Bachelor's Degrees

• Business/Marketing: 22%
• Social Sciences: 13%
• Visual and Performing Arts: 9%
• Biology: 8%
• Education: 8%
• Psychology: 8%
• English: 6%
• History: 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: 7%
• Medical school: 8%
• 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

• African Studies  B
• American Studies  B
• Area Studies  B
• Asian Studies  B
• Central/Eastern European Studies  B
• Diplomatic Studies  B
• Latin American Studies  B
• Russian/Slavic Area Studies  B
• Western European Studies  B
• Women's Studies  B

Arts, Visual & Performing

• Acting  B
• Art - General  B
• Drama/Theater Arts  B
• Music - General  B
• Music - General Performance  B
• Music - Piano/Organ  B
• Music - Voice/Opera  B
• Music Theatre  B
• Music Theory/Composition  B
• Stringed Instruments  B
• Theater Design/Stagecraft  B

Biological & Biomedical Sciences

• Biology  B

Business, Management, & Marketing

• Accounting  B
• Business Administration/Management  B
• Insurance/Risk Management  B
• International Business  B

Computer & Information Sciences

• Computer/Information Sciences - General  B

Education

• Biology Teacher Education  B
• Chemistry Teacher Education  B
• Education - General  B
• Elementary Education  B
• English Teacher Education  B
• French Teacher Education  B
• History Teacher Education  B
• Mathematics Education  B
• Music Teacher Education  B
• Physics Teacher Education  B
• Spanish Language Teacher Education  B

English Language & Literature

• English Language & Literature - General  B

Foreign Language & Literature

• Classics  B
• French  B
• German  B
• Spanish  B

Health Professions & Clinical Sciences

• Nursing (RN)  B

History

• History - General  B

Mathematics

• Mathematics - General  B

Natural Resources & Conservation

• Environmental Studies  B

Philosophy & Religion

• Philosophy  B
• Religion/Religious Studies  B

Physical Sciences

• Chemistry  B
• Physics  B

Psychology

• Psychology - General  B

Social Sciences

• Anthropology  B
• Economics  B
• Political Science/Government  B
• Sociology  B