Most Popular Majors

For Bachelor's Degrees

• Engineering: 21%
• Business/Marketing: 15%
• Education: 12%
• Health Professions: 11%
• Biology: 6%
• Communications/Journalism: 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: 4%
• Medical school: 4%
• MBA programs: 3%
• Other graduate or professional programs: 14%

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
• Commercial/Advertising Art  B
• Drama/Theater Arts  B
• Fine/Studio Arts  B
• Music - General  B
• Music - General Performance  B
• Music Management/Merchandising  B
• Music Theory/Composition  B

Biological & Biomedical Sciences

• Biochemistry  B
• Biology  B
• Exercise Physiology  B
• Molecular Biology  B

Business, Management, & Marketing

• Accounting  B
• Business Administration/Management  B
• International Business  B
• Management Science  B

Communications & Journalism

• Broadcast Journalism  B
• Communications/Rhetoric  B
• Journalism  B
• Organizational Communication  B
• Public Relations  B

Computer & Information Sciences

• Computer Graphics  B

Education

• Biology Teacher Education  B
• Chemistry Teacher Education  B
• Early Childhood Education  B
• Education - General  B
• Elementary Education  B
• English Teacher Education  B
• Foreign Language Teacher Education  B
• French 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
• Secondary Education  B
• Social Studies Teacher Education  B
• Spanish Language Teacher Education  B
• Technology/Industrial Arts Education  B

Engineering

• Civil Engineering  B
• Computer Engineering - General  B
• Electrical/Communications Engineering  B
• Engineering - General  B
• Mechanical Engineering  B

Engineering Technologies

• Industrial Technology  B

English Language & Literature

• Creative Writing  B
• English  B
• English Composition  B
• English Language & Literature - General  B
• Technical/Business Writing  B

Foreign Language & Literature

• French  B
• German  B
• Germanic Languages  B
• Spanish  B

Health Professions & Clinical Sciences

• Athletic Training/Sports Medicine  B
• Medicinal/Pharmaceutical Chemistry  B
• Physician Assistance  B
• Predentistry  B
• Premedicine  B
• Preveterinary Medicine  B

History

• History - General  B

Liberal Arts & Sciences

• General Studies  B
• Liberal Arts & Sciences  B

Mathematics

• Mathematics - General  B
• Statistics  B

Natural Resources & Conservation

• Environmental Studies  B
• Natural Resources & Conservation - General  B

Parks, Recreation & Fitness

• Exercise Sciences  B
• Health/Physical Fitness  B
• Sport/Fitness Administration  B

Philosophy & Religion

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

Physical Sciences

• Astronomy  B
• Chemistry  B
• Physics  B

Psychology

• Psychology - General  B

Security & Protective Services

• Criminal Justice Studies  B
• Forensic Technologies  B
• Law Enforcement Administration  B
• Police Science  B

Social Sciences

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