Most Popular Majors/Degrees

Field of study	Degrees
Business	386,201
Health professions and related programs	244,909
Social sciences and history	159,967
Engineering	121,956
Biological and biomedical sciences	118,663
Psychology	116,432
Communication, journalism, and related programs	92,290
Visual and performing arts	88,582
Education	82,621
Computer and information sciences	79,598
Homeland security, law enforcement, and firefighting	58,114
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies	53,883
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	51,909
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities	44,262
English language and literature/letters	40,002
Agriculture and natural resources	39,314
Public administration and social services	35,629
Physical sciences and science technologies	31,542
Mathematics and statistics	25,256
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences	24,349
Engineering technologies	18,727
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	16,958
Philosophy and religious studies	9,603
Theology and religious vocations	9,521
Architecture and related services	8,464
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies	7,717
Transportation and materials moving	4,924
Legal professions and studies	4,239
Communications technologies	4,231
Military technologies and applied sciences	655
Library science	81
Precision production	45
Not classified by field of study	0
Total	1,980,644

Field of study	Degrees
Business	192,184
Education	146,367
Health professions and related programs	125,216
Engineering	51,721
Computer and information sciences	46,468
Public administration and social services	46,294
Psychology	27,841
Social sciences and history	19,884
Visual and performing arts	17,686
Biological and biomedical sciences	17,180
Theology and religious vocations	13,828
Mathematics and statistics	10,443
Homeland security, law enforcement, and firefighting	10,293
Communication, journalism, and related programs	10,243
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	10,175
Legal professions and studies	9,177
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies	9,005
English language and literature/letters	8,300
Architecture and related services	7,317
Engineering technologies	7,247
Physical sciences and science technologies	7,196
Agriculture and natural resources	6,967
Library science	4,953
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences	3,308
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	3,261
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities	2,473
Philosophy and religious studies	1,692
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies	1,673
Transportation and materials moving	815
Communications technologies	529
Military technologies and applied sciences	355
Precision production	11
Not classified by field of study	0
Total	820,102

Field of study	2017-18
Health professions and related programs	80,305
Legal professions and studies	34,544
Education	12,780
Engineering	10,817
Biological and biomedical sciences	8,222
Psychology	6,275
Physical sciences and science technologies	6,181
Social sciences and history	4,676
Business	3,338
Theology and religious vocations	2,023
Computer and information sciences	2,017
Mathematics and statistics	2,010
Visual and performing arts	1,759
Agriculture and natural resources	1,496
English language and literature/letters	1,295
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	1,213
Public administration and social services	1,157
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	850
Philosophy and religious studies	768
Communication, journalism, and related programs	666
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies	335
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies	298
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences	274
Architecture and related services	250
Engineering technologies	212
Homeland security, law enforcement, and firefighting	150
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities	93
Library science	54
Transportation and materials moving	16
Communications technologies	0
Not classified by field of study	0
Total	184,074