Most Popular Majors

For Bachelor's Degrees

• Social Sciences: 21%
• Business/Marketing: 12%
• Communications/Journalism: 9%
• Foreign Languages and Literature: 7%
• Psychology: 7%
• Visual and Performing Arts: 7%
• Interdisciplinary Studies: 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: 1%
• Medical school: 2%
• MBA programs: 2%
• 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.

Architecture & Related Programs

• Architecture  B
• Interior Architecture  B
• Landscape Architecture  B

Area, Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Studies

• Asian Studies  B
• Russian/Slavic Area Studies  B
• Women's Studies  B

Arts, Visual & Performing

• Art - General  B
• Art History/Criticism/Conservation  B
• Ceramics  B
• Dance  B
• Design/Visual Communications  B
• Drama/Theater Arts  B
• Fiber/Textile/Weaving Arts  B
• Fine/Studio Arts  B
• Jazz Studies  B
• Metal/Jewelry Arts  B
• Multimedia  B
• Music - General  B
• Music - General Performance  B
• Music Theory/Composition  B
• Painting  B
• Photography  B
• Printmaking  B
• Sculpture  B

Biological & Biomedical Sciences

• Biochemistry  B
• Biology  B
• Marine/Aquatic Biology  B
• Physiology  B

Business, Management, & Marketing

• Accounting  B
• Business - General  B

Communications & Journalism

• Advertising  B
• Communications/Rhetoric  B
• Digital Communications/Multimedia  B
• Journalism  B
• Mass Communications/Media Studies  B
• Public Relations  B

Computer & Information Sciences

• Computer/Information Sciences - General  B

Education

• Education - General  B
• Music Teacher Education  B
• Teacher Education, Multiple Levels  B

English Language & Literature

• English  B
• English Language & Literature - General  B

Foreign Language & Literature

• Chinese  B
• Classics  B
• Comparative Literature  B
• French  B
• German  B
• Greek, Ancient  B
• Italian  B
• Japanese  B
• Latin  B
• Linguistics  B
• Romance Languages  B
• Spanish  B

Health Professions & Clinical Sciences

• Communication Disorders  B

History

• History - General  B

Liberal Arts & Sciences

• Humanities  B

Mathematics

• Mathematics - General  B

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies

• Biological/Physical Sciences  B
• Global Studies  B
• Mathematics/Computer Science  B

Natural Resources & Conservation

• Environmental Science  B
• Environmental Studies  B

Philosophy & Religion

• Jewish/Judaic Studies  B
• Philosophy  B
• Religion/Religious Studies  B

Physical Sciences

• Chemistry  B
• Geology  B
• Physics  B

Psychology

• Psychology - General  B

Public Administration & Services

• Public Administration  B

Social Sciences

• Anthropology  B
• Economics  B
• Geography  B
• Political Science/Government  B
• Social Sciences - General  B
• Sociology  B