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AROUND THE QUADS
Which Fields Are Students Choosing?
Declared majors in 1989 and today
Some majors have changed since 1989, and some have not. How
popular is your major today?
Major Field |
Totals |
%Totals |
# of Women |
# of Men |
|
2004 |
1989 |
2004 |
1989 |
2004 |
1989 |
2004 |
1989 |
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History |
298 |
262 |
11.5 |
14.8 |
127 |
88 |
171 |
174 |
English |
289 |
253 |
11.0 |
14.3 |
175 |
138 |
108 |
115 |
Political Science |
267 |
311 |
10.3 |
17.6 |
118 |
110 |
149 |
201 |
Economics |
234 |
150 |
9.0 |
8.5 |
66 |
37 |
168 |
113 |
Psychology |
152 |
72 |
5.9 |
4.1 |
103 |
52 |
49 |
20 |
Art History |
110 |
32 |
4.2 |
1.8 |
85 |
28 |
25 |
4 |
Philosophy |
95 |
61 |
3.7 |
3.4 |
30 |
20 |
65 |
41 |
Mathematics |
78 |
17 |
3.0 |
1.0 |
26 |
3 |
52 |
14 |
Anthropology |
70 |
19 |
2.7 |
1.1 |
52 |
10 |
18 |
9 |
Biological Sciences |
66 |
- |
2.6 |
- |
38 |
- |
28 |
- |
Film Studies |
59 |
- |
2.3 |
- |
27 |
- |
27 |
- |
Sociology |
59 |
26 |
2.3 |
1.5 |
41 |
19 |
18 |
7 |
Neuroscience and Behavior |
57 |
15 |
2.2 |
0.8 |
39 |
10 |
18 |
5 |
Economics-Political Science |
52 |
- |
2.0 |
- |
23 |
- |
29 |
- |
American Studies |
50 |
- |
1.9 |
- |
20 |
- |
30 |
- |
Music |
45 |
4 |
1.7 |
0.2 |
15 |
- |
30 |
- |
East Asian Studies |
43 |
39 |
1.7 |
2.1 |
23 |
21 |
20 |
17 |
Comparative Literature and Society |
40 |
54 |
1.6 |
2.9 |
29 |
32 |
11 |
19 |
French |
38 |
13 |
1.5 |
0.7 |
25 |
11 |
13 |
2 |
Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures |
34 |
11 |
1.3 |
0.6 |
21 |
- |
13 |
- |
Spanish Language and Literature |
34 |
11 |
1.3 |
0.6 |
21 |
- |
13 |
- |
Urban Studies |
34 |
24 |
1.3 |
1.4 |
24 |
13 |
10 |
11 |
Physics |
33 |
15 |
1.3 |
0.8 |
9 |
2 |
24 |
13 |
Religion |
32 |
20 |
1.2 |
1.1 |
17 |
12 |
15 |
8 |
Biochemistry |
30 |
38 |
1.1 |
2.1 |
12 |
17 |
18 |
21 |
Computer Science |
30 |
20 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
7 |
3 |
23 |
17 |
Economics-Mathematics |
29 |
- |
1.1 |
- |
9 |
- |
20 |
- |
Architecture |
28 |
63 |
1.1 |
3.6 |
14 |
25 |
14 |
38 |
Chemistry |
25 |
12 |
1.0 |
0.7 |
9 |
5 |
16 |
7 |
Classics |
24 |
11 |
0.9 |
0.6 |
12 |
- |
12 |
- |
Environmental Biology |
22 |
- |
0.9 |
- |
12 |
- |
10 |
- |
Economics-Philosophy |
21 |
33 |
0.8 |
2.4 |
6 |
11 |
15 |
32 |
Visual Arts |
20 |
- |
0.8 |
- |
15 |
- |
5 |
- |
Latin American Studies |
18 |
- |
0.7 |
- |
14 |
- |
4 |
- |
African-American Studies |
14 |
- |
0.5 |
- |
12 |
- |
2 |
- |
Dance |
14 |
- |
0.5 |
- |
11 |
- |
3 |
- |
Economics-Operations Research |
14 |
- |
0.5 |
- |
3 |
- |
11 |
- |
Women's and Gender Studies |
13 |
11 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
12 |
- |
1 |
- |
Latino Studies |
12 |
- |
0.5 |
- |
8 |
- |
4 |
- |
Mathematics-Statistics |
12 |
- |
0.5 |
- |
3 |
- |
9 |
- |
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Total |
2,589 |
1,771 |
100% |
100% |
1,313 |
781 |
1,276 |
990 |
This chart reflects the academic majors declared by Columbia College
juniors and seniors as of Fall Semester 2004. Due to double majors,
the number of majors tallied exceeds the number of students in the
junior and senior classes. In 1989, the following majors had few
than 12 students: Classics, Middle East Languages and Cultures,
Spanish, Women's Studies, Russian, Ancient Studies, Applied Mathematics,
Astrophysics, German, Geological Sciences, Music, Linguistics, Pre-Engineering,
Chemical Physics, Geography, Latin, Medieval and Renaissance Studies,
and Statistics. Despite their existence as majors then, 1989 statistics
offer no specific data regarding African-American Studies, Geophysics,
Greek or Italian.
SOURCE: OFFICE OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
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