Here are the latest statistics on bachelor's degrees from the US
Department of Education:
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d05/tables/xls/tabn249.xls
Table 249. Bachelor's degrees conferred by degree-granting
institutions, by discipline division
Total ...................................................... 1,399,542
Agriculture and natural resources .......................... 22,835
Architecture and related services .......................... 8,838
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies ................. 7,181
Biological and biomedical sciences ......................... 61,509
Business ................................................... 307,149
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Communication, journalism, and related programs ............ 70,968
Communications technologies ................................ 2,034
Computer and information sciences .......................... 59,488
Education .................................................. 106,278
Engineering ................................................ 63,558
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Engineering technologies ................................... 14,669
English language and literature/letters .................... 53,984
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences ................ 19,172
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics ............ 17,754
Health professions and related clinical sciences ........... 73,934
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Legal professions and studies .............................. 2,841
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,.................
and humanities .......................................... 42,106
Library science ............................................ 72
Mathematics and statistics ................................. 13,327
Military technologies ...................................... 10
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Multi/interdisciplinary studies ............................ 29,162
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies ............. 22,164
Philosophy and religious studies ........................... 11,152
Physical sciences and science technologies ................. 17,983
Precision production ....................................... 61
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Psychology ................................................. 82,098
Public administration and social services .................. 20,552
Security and protective services ........................... 28,175
Social sciences and history ................................ 150,357
Theology and religious vocations ........................... 8,126
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Transportation and materials moving ........................ 4,824
Visual and performing arts ................................. 77,181
Not classified by field of study ........................... 0
As you can see, Business degrees are far and away the most popular
major, accounting for 307,149 of the almost 1.4 million bachelor's
degrees awarded -- 22% of the total.
Social sciences/History, and Education are the next two most popular degrees.
The data in the table represent the latest and most thorough
statistics on undergraduate majors, and should provide you a
comprehensive overview of which fields are the most and least popular.
I trust this is just what you were looking for, but let me know if
there's anything more I can do for you.
Cheers,
David |
