Can you name the top 10 college majors (U.S.)?

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College Majors Quiz

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Created by: Ben -
Published: April 17th, 2009
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	Mutford:	Apr 17th, 2009 at 20:43 GMT	37 points
	I can't believe I have a psych degree and didn't get that one! Shows what it was worth, I guess.

	doorholder:	Apr 17th, 2009 at 20:43 GMT	5 points
	Good quiz. I had trouble because I kept thinking of very specific majors rather than general headings they fall into. I wonder what the fastest growing majors are? Nursing, perhaps? Maybe some of the sciences?

	rottenmonk:	Apr 17th, 2009 at 20:50 GMT	1 point
	8/10 I missed nursing and political science. Even worse, the latter is my major >.< I can't believe that many people want to major in that waste of time.

	davidr:	Apr 17th, 2009 at 21:03 GMT	9 points
	I'm surprised that none of law, engineering and history makes the list. And I think `media studies' should be accepted for `communications studies'.

	motrain24:	Apr 17th, 2009 at 21:10 GMT	7 points
	agree w/ the media studies/arts comment... can't believe kinesiology isn't there considering every f-ball player seems to major in it

	Biohazard:	Apr 17th, 2009 at 21:11 GMT	5 points
	@davidr: The lack of history and law might be surprising, but I'm not surprised that any engineering major (or other technical majors) did not make the list.

	Biohazard:	Apr 17th, 2009 at 21:13 GMT	3 points
	@motrain24: From what I've seen, it seems to often be "Interdisciplinary Studies."

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	MiTYH:	Apr 17th, 2009 at 21:38 GMT	2 points
	It's "Communication" not "Communications". They've drilled that into our heads.

	Bretzky:	Apr 17th, 2009 at 21:43 GMT	16 points
	davidr: In the U.S. law is not an undergraduate major. Most colleges in the U.S. do not even have a pre-law degree program. I'm not entirely sure how Princeton Review divided up the categories, but it may be that they split the differing history and engineering majors into separate categories. For example, chemical engineering, biological engineering, etc. and American history, European history, etc. But that is just a guess.

	Hejman:	Apr 17th, 2009 at 21:44 GMT	10 points
	Most pre-law students are majors in other fields (many in political science, which was the path I took). In most cases there is no "law" major for undergrads.

	Manders:	Apr 17th, 2009 at 21:46 GMT	1 point
	kind of surprised that English is so high up there...then again, the department at my undergrad college was kind of small, so there's that.

	davidr:	Apr 17th, 2009 at 21:46 GMT	-1 points
	@Sparky: A lot of C.S. departments are in engineering faculties but (speaking as a computer scientist) I don't think the two have an awful lot in common. Computer Science began in electrical and electronic engineering but I think it's now independent of that heritage. My surprise at the lack of engineering is because, in British universities, engineering (civil, mechanical, electrical, electronic, chemical) is usually one of the largest faculties on campus, regardless of whether you include C.S.

	jaspa:	Apr 17th, 2009 at 22:14 GMT	59 points
	I wish 'useless trivia studies' was actually a major.

	Jeremy:	Apr 17th, 2009 at 22:17 GMT	5 points
	Law missing doesn't surprise me being as it's a graduate degree and only some colleges even have a legal studies major. You can major in anything and still go to law school. Also kinesiology is often considered a part of biology and is sometimes called integrated biology.

	Annie:	Apr 17th, 2009 at 22:23 GMT	0 points
	I pour through college brochures on a near daily basis, so I'm surprised I didn't get more of these. @jaspa: me too.

	Skydog:	Apr 17th, 2009 at 22:26 GMT	0 points
	Got them all! Fun Quiz.. Got stuck on Political Science/Gov. though

	springmom:	Apr 17th, 2009 at 22:27 GMT	4 points
	I don't know how Princeton Review broke up the categories either, but I have a BA in History. My university did NOT break it up - it was just history, regardless of which courses were taken. We could take whatever courses we wanted to, as long as it fit in with our degree plan and we hit all of our core classes as required.

	MRL:	Apr 17th, 2009 at 22:29 GMT	2 points
	I wonder how they determined the "top ten". Is this the top ten most popular choices made by students? The top ten most common majors offered by colleges? Or just Princeton Review's personal opinion of the top ten "best" majors?

	SowCrates:	Apr 17th, 2009 at 22:32 GMT	0 points
	"pre med" was the first thing I thought off, but remembered it's not technically a major. @ bretsky, except for art history and history of science, I'm pretty sure history would be one big category. Americans aren't particularly fond of history, we tend to like what our high school textbooks tell us and make ensuing judgments about the rest of the world. Too bad, because I personally feel there to be 3x as much merit in my history degree than in my political science one when i graduate this May

	davidr:	Apr 17th, 2009 at 22:35 GMT	-2 points
	@MRL: Reading the source page suggests that, unfortunately, it's just Princeton Review's opinion of the top ten `best' majors. That sucks. :-(

	Kevin:	Apr 17th, 2009 at 23:18 GMT	2 points
	@davidr - I think that engineering degrees are generally broken down into the component groups you mentioned, so even if PR had done this objectively, it's highly likely none would have cracked the top ten.

	klogg:	Apr 17th, 2009 at 23:55 GMT	7 points
	In these tough economic times, I'm glad I opted out of business school to pursue the oh-so-useful philosophy and physics degree. Ah, sporcle, at least I'll always have you...

	JohnJF:	Apr 17th, 2009 at 23:58 GMT	6 points
	9/10, but 'Communication' should count.

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	brenlo:	Apr 18th, 2009 at 00:32 GMT	3 points
	Re:MovieDynamic Literature is a form of art.

	chrispaz:	Apr 18th, 2009 at 01:07 GMT	1 point
	Why isn't politics acceptable?

	SamE1331:	Apr 18th, 2009 at 01:11 GMT	1 point
	thank god im in the minority and are none of these majors

	magister:	Apr 18th, 2009 at 01:25 GMT	-2 points
	Yes! I have degrees in 4 and 5! And I teach Latin...

	jdhartnagle:	Apr 18th, 2009 at 01:55 GMT	-2 points
	Suprised kinesiology wasnt on this list

	RyanUR:	Apr 18th, 2009 at 03:03 GMT	-2 points
	It should accept "poly sci".

	drn211:	Apr 18th, 2009 at 03:12 GMT	2 points
	@sparky. Computer Science and Computer Engineering are two completely different majors. Okay, they aren't that much different, but they are separate majors.

	dashoff:	Apr 18th, 2009 at 03:40 GMT	9 points
	As someone with a math degree, I was a little surprised to see something so broad not on here. I guess we're a dying breed. Math nerds forever! (Although my master's is in library science, so there's that.)

	Evan:	Apr 18th, 2009 at 04:15 GMT	4 points
	i think it should accept just politcal science

	AntieAnnie:	Apr 18th, 2009 at 04:56 GMT	2 points
	This was fun, but I would have never guessed nursing. Oh well.

	debbiedoesnothin:	Apr 18th, 2009 at 05:25 GMT	3 points
	I guessed every major offered by my alma mater. The only answer I didn't get was Communications Studies. At my school, it was called Mass Communication and the quiz wouldn't accept that. :(

	RavenEleni:	Apr 18th, 2009 at 09:35 GMT	1 point
	im suprised there no physics/chemistry (or do they come under diff. headings in america?

	Tommy Gibbs:	Apr 18th, 2009 at 11:06 GMT	-4 points
	Surely economics could be accepted for the first one. The quiz shouldn't be about exactly wording the degree titles, but about guessing the course!

	Chris156:	Apr 18th, 2009 at 11:31 GMT	3 points
	I tried "IT" and "computing", but it didn't accept them for "computer and information science". Surely I was close enough?

	pbrown:	Apr 18th, 2009 at 14:02 GMT	2 points
	that was harder than I thought