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Most common majors (Bachelors) - bjcheung77 - 01-29-2022
I was searching for common majors at the Bachelors level and came up with a few sites...
And one of them looks like a "copy" or link to a Study.com lesson! Interesting indeed...
What's your guess to the top 3? There are so many industries to choose from.
My guess is in this order... Business, Health sciences (Nursing), IT.
Link: What is the Most Common Bachelor's Degree? (bestaccreditedcolleges.org)
Link: The 10 Most Popular College Majors | BestColleges
Link: 25 Most Useful Majors To Get Your Degree In | Indeed.com
Link: 25 Most Popular College Majors [2022 Guide] (mydegreeguide.com)
Link: The Most Popular College Majors – Niche Blog
RE: Most common majors (Bachelors) - rachel83az - 01-29-2022
BestAccreditedColleges, AFAIK, is a spin-off site of SDC. Some old SDC links redirect to that site. Example: https://study.com/directory/school/Charter_Oak_State_College.html#transferTab
RE: Most common majors (Bachelors) - bjcheung77 - 01-29-2022
LOL, I didn't know that, so... now we do! Interesting, no wonder...
RE: Most common majors (Bachelors) - Alpha - 01-29-2022
Once upon a time I might have said that Psychology and Education would have been on that list, but I don't think it's true anymore.
RE: Most common majors (Bachelors) - carrythenothing - 01-29-2022
Bachelor's degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by field of study (1970-71 through 2018-19): https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d20/tables/dt20_322.10.asp
From 2018-2019:
Over 100,000 (six fields)
Business: 390,564
Health professions and related programs: 251,355
Social sciences and history: 160,628
Engineering: 126,687
Biological and biomedical sciences: 121,191
Psychology: 116,536
Least common
Communications technologies: 4444
Legal professions and studies: 4242
Library science: 99
Military technologies and applied sciences: 767
Precision production: 47
Transportation and materials moving: 5051
Other and not classified: 0
RE: Most common majors (Bachelors) - sanantone - 01-29-2022
I prefer this list because it breaks down each major individually instead of lumping multiple majors together in broad categories. Two business majors are still at the top.
https://www.mydegreeguide.com/most-popular-college-majors/
RE: Most common majors (Bachelors) - ss20ts - 01-29-2022
(01-29-2022, 02:57 PM)sanantone Wrote: I prefer this list because it breaks down each major individually instead of lumping multiple majors together in broad categories. Two business majors are still at the top.
https://www.mydegreeguide.com/most-popular-college-majors/
This is just the most common majors. Nothing about graduating.
(01-29-2022, 12:48 PM)carrythenothing Wrote: Bachelor's degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by field of study (1970-71 through 2018-19): https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d20/tables/dt20_322.10.asp
From 2018-2019:
Over 100,000 (six fields)
Business: 390,564
Health professions and related programs: 251,355
Social sciences and history: 160,628
Engineering: 126,687
Biological and biomedical sciences: 121,191
Psychology: 116,536
Least common
Communications technologies: 4444
Legal professions and studies: 4242
Library science: 99
Military technologies and applied sciences: 767
Precision production: 47
Transportation and materials moving: 5051
Other and not classified: 0
This is actual degrees conferred which means students graduated. Big difference between a major and a graduate.
RE: Most common majors (Bachelors) - carrythenothing - 01-29-2022
(01-29-2022, 02:57 PM)sanantone Wrote: I prefer this list because it breaks down each major individually instead of lumping multiple majors together in broad categories. Two business majors are still at the top.
https://www.mydegreeguide.com/most-popular-college-majors/
The Georgetown report referenced by the list was published in 2015, but it used Census/ACS data. In other words, it's supposed to represent everyone with a bachelor's degree (not necessarily current trends). In any case, here are the most common majors according to the 2019 ACS 1-year estimate (over 3,000,000):
N/A (less than bachelor's degree): 250,004,832
Business Management and Administration: 4,627,076
Psychology: 3,569,305
General Business: 3,460,180
Nursing: 3,382,779
General Education: 3,020,660
Or the 5-year estimate (2015 to 2019):
N/A (less than bachelor's degree): 250,593,452
Business Management and Administration: 4,427,801
General Business: 3,316,502
Psychology: 3,316,502
Nursing: 3,119,787
General Education: 2,990,158
RE: Most common majors (Bachelors) - Pats20 - 01-29-2022
Lol.
390thousand business degrees and just 99 library science.
RE: Most common majors (Bachelors) - sanantone - 01-29-2022
(01-29-2022, 03:05 PM)ss20ts Wrote:(01-29-2022, 02:57 PM)sanantone Wrote: I prefer this list because it breaks down each major individually instead of lumping multiple majors together in broad categories. Two business majors are still at the top.
https://www.mydegreeguide.com/most-popular-college-majors/
This is just the most common majors. Nothing about graduating.
(01-29-2022, 12:48 PM)carrythenothing Wrote: Bachelor's degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by field of study (1970-71 through 2018-19): https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d20/tables/dt20_322.10.asp
From 2018-2019:
Over 100,000 (six fields)
Business: 390,564
Health professions and related programs: 251,355
Social sciences and history: 160,628
Engineering: 126,687
Biological and biomedical sciences: 121,191
Psychology: 116,536
Least common
Communications technologies: 4444
Legal professions and studies: 4242
Library science: 99
Military technologies and applied sciences: 767
Precision production: 47
Transportation and materials moving: 5051
Other and not classified: 0
This is actual degrees conferred which means students graduated. Big difference between a major and a graduate.
Please read the thread title and the OP. I'm not understanding your response. The thread is most common majors at the baccalaureate level, not most common completed degrees. The link I shared comes from the OP. Anyway, this list was compiled using data on conferred degrees. It's just broken down by major, not broad fields of study.