Most Popular Majors

For Bachelor's Degrees

• Social Sciences: 18%
• Psychology: 16%
• Business/Marketing: 13%
• Visual and Performing Arts: 12%
• Communications/Journalism: 7%
• English: 7%
• History: 7%
• Biology: 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: 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

• Asian Studies  B

Arts, Visual & Performing

• Art - General  B
• Arts Management  B
• Drama/Theater Arts  B
• Music - General  B

Biological & Biomedical Sciences

• Biochemistry  B
• Biology  B

Business, Management, & Marketing

• Business Administration/Management  B

Communications & Journalism

• Communications/Rhetoric  B

Computer & Information Sciences

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

English Language & Literature

• English  B
• English Language & Literature - General  B

Foreign Language & Literature

• French  B
• German  B
• Spanish  B

Health Professions & Clinical Sciences

• Clinical Laboratory Science  B
• Health System Administration  B

History

• History - General  B

Mathematics

• Applied Mathematics  B
• Mathematics - General  B

Philosophy & Religion

• Philosophy  B
• Philosophy & Religion - General  B

Physical Sciences

• Chemistry  B
• Physics  B

Psychology

• Psychology - General  B

Public Administration & Services

• Social Work  B

Social Sciences

• Economics  B
• International Relations  B
• Political Science/Government  B
• Sociology  B