Most Popular Majors

For Bachelor's Degrees

• Education: 26%
• Business/Marketing: 20%
• English: 12%
• Biology: 6%
• Psychology: 6%
• Visual and Performing Arts: 6%
• 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: 3%
• Medical school: 3%
• MBA programs: 1%
• Other graduate or professional programs: 21%

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

• Women's Studies  B

Arts, Visual & Performing

• Art - General  B
• Arts - General  B
• Commercial/Advertising Art  B
• Fine/Studio Arts  B
• Multimedia  B
• Music - General  B

Biological & Biomedical Sciences

• Biology  B

Business, Management, & Marketing

• Accounting  B
• Business - General  B
• Business Administration/Management  B
• Finance/Banking  B
• International Business  B
• Marketing Management  B

Communications & Journalism

• Communications/Rhetoric  B
• Journalism  B

Computer & Information Sciences

• Computer/Information Sciences - General  B

Education

• Art Teacher Education  B
• Biology Teacher Education  B
• Chemistry Teacher Education  B
• Early Childhood Education  B
• Education of Deaf/Hearing Impaired  B
• Elementary Education  B
• English Teacher Education  B
• Foreign Language Teacher Education  B
• Health Teacher Education  B
• History Teacher Education  B
• Junior High Education  B
• Mathematics Education  B
• Physical Education  B
• Physics Teacher Education  B
• Social Science Teacher Education  B
• Social Studies Teacher Education  B
• Spanish Language Teacher Education  B
• Special Education  B
• Speech Teacher Education  B
• Technology/Industrial Arts Education  B

Engineering

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

English Language & Literature

• English  B
• English Language & Literature - General  B
• Speech/Rhetorical Studies  B

Foreign Language & Literature

• Spanish  B

Health Professions & Clinical Sciences

• Nursing (RN)  B
• Nursing - Preoperative/Surgical  B

History

• History - General  B

Mathematics

• Mathematics - General  B
• Statistics  B

Philosophy & Religion

• Philosophy  B
• Philosophy & Religion - General  B

Physical Sciences

• Chemistry  B
• Physics  B

Psychology

• Psychology - General  B

Public Administration & Services

• Public Administration  B

Security & Protective Services

• Law Enforcement Administration  B

Social Sciences

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