Most Popular Majors

For Bachelor's Degrees

• Business/Marketing: 25%
• Biology: 24%
• Social Sciences: 13%
• English: 7%
• Education: 6%
• Public Administration and Social Services: 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: 5%
• Medical school: 10%
• MBA programs: 5%
• Other graduate or professional programs: 5%

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-American Studies  B

Arts, Visual & Performing

• Fine/Studio Arts  B
• Music - Piano/Organ  B
• Music - Voice/Opera  B

Biological & Biomedical Sciences

• Biology  B

Business, Management, & Marketing

• Accounting  B
• Business Administration/Management  B
• Business/Managerial Economics  B
• Finance/Banking  B
• Marketing Management  B

Communications & Journalism

• Journalism  B
• Mass Communications/Media Studies  B

Computer & Information Sciences

• Computer/Information Sciences - General  B

Education

• Biology Teacher Education  B
• Chemistry Teacher Education  B
• English Teacher Education  B
• French Teacher Education  B
• History Teacher Education  B
• Mathematics Education  B
• Music Teacher Education  B
• Secondary Education  B

English Language & Literature

• English  B
• English Language & Literature - General  B

Foreign Language & Literature

• French  B
• Spanish  B

History

• History - General  B

Law & Legal Studies

• Prelaw  B

Mathematics

• Mathematics - General  B

Physical Sciences

• Chemistry  B
• Physics  B

Psychology

• Psychology - General  B

Public Administration & Services

• Public Administration  B
• Social Work  B

Social Sciences

• Economics  B
• Sociology  B