Most Popular Majors

For Bachelor's Degrees

• Business/Marketing: 23%
• Liberal Arts: 22%
• Social Sciences: 9%
• Visual and Performing Arts: 7%
• Psychology: 6%
• Communications/Journalism: 5%
• English: 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: 1%
• MBA programs: 5%
• 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.

Arts, Visual & Performing

• Art - General  B
• Art History/Criticism/Conservation  B
• Arts - General  B
• Commercial/Advertising Art  B
• Drama/Theater Arts  B
• Fine/Studio Arts  B
• Music - General  B
• Music - General Performance  B

Biological & Biomedical Sciences

• Biology  B

Business, Management, & Marketing

• Accounting  B
• Business - General  B
• Business Administration/Management  B
• Finance/Banking  B
• Management Information Systems  B
• Management Science  B
• Marketing Management  B

Communications & Journalism

• Communications/Rhetoric  B

Computer & Information Sciences

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

Education

• Art Teacher Education  B
• Biology Teacher Education  B
• Business Teacher Education  B
• Chemistry Teacher Education  B
• Early Childhood Education  B
• Education - General  B
• Education of Speech Impaired  B
• Elementary Education  B
• English Teacher Education  B
• French Teacher Education  B
• German Teacher Education  B
• Health Teacher Education  B
• History Teacher Education  B
• Junior High Education  B
• Mathematics Education  B
• Music Teacher Education  B
• Physical Education  B
• Physics Teacher Education  B
• Science Teacher Education  B
• Social Studies Teacher Education  B
• Spanish Language Teacher Education  B
• Special Education  B
• Teacher Education, Multiple Levels  B

English Language & Literature

• English  B

Foreign Language & Literature

• French  B
• German  B
• Spanish  B

Health Professions & Clinical Sciences

• Athletic Training/Sports Medicine  B
• Predentistry  B
• Premedicine  B
• Prepharmacy  B
• Preveterinary Medicine  B
• Recreational Therapy  B

History

• History - General  B
• Public History/Archives  B

Law & Legal Studies

• Prelaw  B

Liberal Arts & Sciences

• Liberal Arts & Sciences  B

Mathematics

• Mathematics - General  B

Parks, Recreation & Fitness

• Exercise Sciences  B
• Health/Physical Fitness  B

Physical Sciences

• Chemistry  B
• Physics  B

Psychology

• Psychology - General  B

Public Administration & Services

• Social Work  B

Security & Protective Services

• Criminal Justice Studies  B

Social Sciences

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