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Undergraduate Count of Majors - Fall, Five Year Trends

Undergraduate Count of Majors

(Full & Part-Time)

                         

Major

Fall '05

Fall '06

Fall '07

Fall '08

Fall '09

College of Business & Economics

Accounting

420

480

515

591

611

Business Administration

2,168

2,345

2,462

2,624

2,455

e-Business

20

39

47

53

68

Economics

126

131

187

223

268

Sum:

2,734

2,995

3,211

3,491

3,402

College of Education

Early Childhood Education

351

335

342

389

410

Elementary Education

772

761

724

781

725

Integrated Elementary Education - Special Education

142

142

150

204

240

Special Education

131

134

138

131

145

Sum:

1,396

1,372

1,354

1,505

1,520

College of Fine Arts & Communications

Art

487

507

496

578

630

Art Education

113

108

107

106

130

Art History
-
-
31
34
41

Communication Studies

259

213

264

328

341

Dance Performance & Education

90

90

99

89

91

Electronic Media & Film

434

443

415

427

428

Mass Communication

704

824

922

1,022

969

Music

159

159

170

182

166

Music Education

161

163

141

148

160

Theatre

165

164

171

202

190

Sum:

2,572

2,671

2,816

3,116

3,146

College of Health Professions

Allied Health

6

34

46

48

70

Athletic Training

126

86

99

102

111

Chemical Dependency, Counseling and Education

7

11

6

3

4

Deaf Studies

109

144

144

156

153

Exercise Science

203

248

266

377

442

Gerontology

10

13

19

25

22

Health Care Management

56

66

83

93

82

Health Sciences

118

120

127

138

139

Nursing

636

727

798

836

828

Occupational Therapy

141

166

175

204

213

Physical Education

185

195

174

159

149

Speech-Language Pathology

176

181

187

193

240

Sports Management

263

306

336

391

388

Sports Studies

38

36

17

4

1

Sum:

2,074

2,333

2,477

2,729

2,842

College of Liberal Arts

Cultural Studies

12

10

13

13

14

English

322

367

365

412

435

Family Studies

168

198

206

228

221

Foreign Languages
-
14
50
94
125

French

18

19

16

7

1

Geography & Environmental Planning

135

74

75

66

86

Geography & Land Surveying

3

5

5

7

8

German

4

3

2

1

1

History

312

333

330

357

357

Interdisciplinary Studies

59

69

74

93

90

International Studies

96

110

119

118

131

Jewish Studies
-
-
-
-
1

Law & American Civilization

67

82

79

81

74

Metropolitan Studies

7

7

12

16

13

Philosophy

69

71

68

53

60

Political Science

264

258

266

278

298

Psychology

885

900

971

1,038

1,054

Religious Studies

14

17

21

17

16

Social Science

85

69

76

84

98

Sociology/Anthropology & Criminal Justice

458

474

517

575

609

Spanish

98

65

38

25

6

Women's Studies

18

18

19

15

23

Sum:

3,094

3,163

3,322

3,578

3,721

Fisher College of Science & Mathematics

Biology

572

649

679

660

665

Chemistry

152

157

150

155

172

Computer Science

241

222

235

241

247

Earth Space Science

13

13

18

11

8

Environmental Science & Studies

80

96

104

141

148

Forensic Chemistry

57

75

80

109

109

Geology

9

12

16

19

20

Information Systems

218

212

223

257

301

Information Technology
-
-
4
10
13

Mathematics

170

193

248

245

302

Medicinal Chemistry

15

25

41

56

57

Molecular Biology, Biochemistry & Bioinformatics

52

68

71

89

109

Physics

58

70

62

63

77

Sum:

1,637

1,792

1,931

2,056

2,228

Undeclared & Non-Degree

1,729

1,664

1,790

1,565

1,270

TOTAL

15,236

15,990

16,901

18,040

18,129


* Data not taken at Census
Note: Figures above represent a count of all majors and not a student headcount.  Includes premajors, 1st, 2nd and 3rd majors.

Source: Fall EIS.

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