The Most Popular College Majors 2012

THE MOST POPULAR U.S. COLLEGE MAJORS The latest data from the National Center for Education Statistics reveals the most popular study areas for college undergrads and grad students. The numbers might surprise you! UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS In the academic year of 2009-10 a total of 1,650,014 college and university students earned their Bachelor's Degree. That's 33% more than graduating class 10 years earlier. Well over half of those graduating were female students (57.2%). FIG 1: BACHELOR'S DEGREES AWARDED BY DEGREE GRANTING INSTITUTIONS 2009-2010 PARKS RECREATION HUMAN SCIENCES leisure + fitness studies FOREIGN LANGUAGES PHYSICAL SCIENCES + science technologies OTHER all other college majors, each < 1% of the total PUBLIC ADMIN + social service professions BUSINESS AGRICULTURE management, marketing, and personal and culinary services + natural resources LAW ENFORCEMENT homeland security, firefighting + related protective services racial AND ethnic grout USED MULTI interdisciplinary studies PComp Discre LIBERAL ARTS ete M nd Application Sport and Exercise athem general studies + humanities 22% < 4% each Fundamentals of HVACR COMPUTERS MATERIALS THE SCIENCE AND EIGNEERING OF information NILSSON RIEDEL sciences + 10% support Audio e Media 5% SOCIAL STUDIES ENGLISH INVESTI S language + literature 5% 8% social science and history lili MANNEMENT 5% 6% 6% COMMUNICATION 6% SCRMCETH + communications HATERIALS I! MECHANICS OF ATERIAS EONY of UULS MARY SOR technologies BIOLOGY + biomedical sciences HEALTHCARE ENGINEERING health professions and related programs + engineering technologies EDUCATION VISUAL ARTS + performing arts PSYCHOLOGY * Textbook titles do not all match up with the respective study areas in the pie chart. WHAT WOMEN AND MEN STUDY MOST FIG 2: MOST POPULAR BACHELOR'S FIG 3: MOST POPULAR BACHELOR'S DEGREES FOR FEMALES DEGREES FOR MALES Human Sciences / Family Engineering and #1 MAJOR: #1 MAJOR engineering technologies 83% of grads are male and consumer sciences 88% of grads are female 88% 12% 17% 83% Female I Female graduates graduates I Male graduates Male graduates The next most popular study areas for females: The next most popular study areas for males: Health professions 85% Computer sciences 82% Social services | 82% | 80% Physical sciences 59% Education Rec/fitness studies 53% Psychology 77% Agriculture | 51% 25 50 75 100 25 50 75 100 PERCENT PERCENT GRADUATE STUDENTS In the academic year of 2009-10 a total of 693,025 college and university students earned their Master's Degree. That's 50% more than graduated 10 years earlier. Again, well over half of those graduates were females (60.3%). FIG 4: MASTER'S DEGREES AWARDED BY DEGREE GRANTING INSTITUTIONS 2009-2010 200,000 ANESS THoCHI PuL HY R IN 150,000 EVIDENCE 100,000 A PRECALCULUS HONELIND SECURITY Digital Logic | il ah MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY MICHOBIOLOGY 50,000 MATLAB for Engineers MATLAB fer tEngineers THE NORTON SHAKESPEARE LEADERSHIP FOR A BETTER NORLD MATLAR for Engineers LEADERSHIP FOR ABETER WORLD Education Business Health Professions Engineering Public Administration All Others and Social Services STUDY AREA Work created by DegreeSearch.org DegreeSearch.org cc under a Creative Commons License BY NC ND SOURCE: National Center for Education Statistics, The Condition of Education Report a. Undergraduate Fields of Study: http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_fsu.asp b. Graduate Fields of Study: http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_gfs.asp MODERN PHYSICS I uNG MANAGEMEN THENORI Carpentry O - abinetmaking Heavy Duty Truck Systems # OF GRADUATES