Most Popular Majors

For Bachelor's Degrees

• Biology: 16%
• Education: 15%
• Business/Marketing: 14%
• Social Sciences: 11%
• Interdisciplinary Studies: 8%
• Computer and Information Sciences: 6%
• Physical Sciences: 6%
• Psychology: 6%
• Communications/Journalism: 5%
• Security and Protective Services: 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: 5%
• MBA programs: 2%
• Other graduate or professional programs: 2%

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.

Arts, Visual & Performing

• Art History/Criticism/Conservation  B
• Drama/Theater Arts  B
• Fine/Studio Arts  B

Biological & Biomedical Sciences

• Biochemistry  B
• Biology  B
• Botany  B
• Cellular Biology/Histology  B
• Ecology  B
• Marine/Aquatic Biology  B
• Microbiology  B
• Molecular Biology  B
• Zoology  B

Business, Management, & Marketing

• Accounting  B
• Business - General  B
• Business Administration/Management  B
• Entrepreneurial Studies  B
• Finance/Banking  B
• Human Resources Management  B
• Information Resources Management  B
• International Business  B
• Marketing Management  B

Communications & Journalism

• Communications/Rhetoric  B
• Digital Communications/Multimedia  B
• Health Communications  B

Computer & Information Sciences

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

Education

• Biology Teacher Education  B
• Chemistry Teacher Education  B
• Early Childhood Education  B
• Early Childhood Special Education  B
• Education - General  B
• Elementary Education  B
• English Teacher Education  B
• French Teacher Education  B
• German Teacher Education  B
• Mathematics Education  B
• Physics Teacher Education  B
• Science Teacher Education  B
• Secondary Education  B
• Social Studies Teacher Education  B
• Spanish Language Teacher Education  B
• Teacher Education, Multiple Levels  B

Engineering

• Engineering - General  B
• Engineering Physics  B

English Language & Literature

• English  B
• English Language & Literature - General  B

Foreign Language & Literature

• Foreign Language & Literature - General  B
• French  B
• German  B
• Russian  B
• Spanish  B

Health Professions & Clinical Sciences

• Predentistry  B
• Premedicine  B
• Prenursing  B
• Prepharmacy  B
• Preveterinary Medicine  B

History

• History - General  B

Law & Legal Studies

• Prelaw  B

Liberal Arts & Sciences

• Humanities  B
• Liberal Arts & Sciences  B

Mathematics

• Mathematics - General  B

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies

• Global Studies  B
• Museum Studies  B
• Natural Sciences  B
• Peace/Conflict Resolution Studies  B

Natural Resources & Conservation

• Environmental Science  B
• Environmental Studies  B

Philosophy & Religion

• Philosophy  B
• Philosophy & Religion - General  B
• Religion/Religious Studies  B

Physical Sciences

• Chemistry  B
• Geology  B
• Physical Sciences - General  B
• Physics  B

Psychology

• Psychology - General  B

Public Administration & Services

• Public Administration  B
• Social Work  B

Social Sciences

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

Theological Studies & Religious Vocations

• Pre-Ministerial Studies  B