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Undergraduate Count of Majors - Fall, Five Year Trends

Undergraduate Count of Majors

(Full & Part-Time)

                         

Major

Fall '04*

Fall '05

Fall '06

Fall '07

Fall '08

College of Business & Economics

Accounting

402

420

480

515

591

Business Administration

2,043

2,168

2,345

2,462

2,624

e-Business

33

20

39

47

53

Economics

119

126

131

187

223

Sum:

2,597

2,734

2,995

3,211

3,491

College of Education

Early Childhood Education

363

351

335

342

389

Elementary Education

842

772

761

724

781

Integrated Elementary Education - Special Education

114

142

142

150

204

Special Education

131

131

134

138

131

Sum:

1,431

1,396

1,372

1,354

1,505

College of Fine Arts & Communications

Art

495

487

507

496

578

Art Education

127

113

108

107

106

Art History
-
-
-
31
34

Communication Studies

261

259

213

264

328

Dance Performance & Education

91

90

90

99

89

Electronic Media & Film

397

434

443

415

427

Mass Communication

722

704

824

922

1,022

Music

160

159

159

170

182

Music Education

153

161

163

141

148

Theatre

161

165

164

171

202

Sum:

2,567

2,572

2,671

2,816

3,116

College of Health Professions

Allied Health

2

6

34

46

48

Athletic Training

114

126

86

99

102

Chemical Dependency, Counseling and Education

7

7

11

6

3

Deaf Studies

115

109

144

144

156

Exercise Science

168

203

248

266

377

Gerontology

10

10

13

19

25

Health Care Management

49

56

66

83

93

Health Sciences

88

118

120

127

138

Nursing

572

636

727

798

836

Occupational Therapy

134

141

166

175

204

Physical Education

188

185

195

174

159

Speech-Language Pathology

162

176

181

187

193

Sports Management

235

263

306

336

391

Sports Studies

32

38

36

17

4

Sum:

1,876

2,074

2,333

2,477

2,729

College of Liberal Arts

Cultural Studies

9

12

10

13

13

English

316

322

367

365

412

Family Studies

123

168

198

206

228

Foreign Languages
-
-
14
50
94

French

16

18

19

16

7

Geography & Environmental Planning

66

135

74

75

66

Geography & Land Surveying

2

3

5

5

7

German

10

4

3

2

1

History

286

312

333

330

357

Interdisciplinary Studies

68

59

69

74

93

International Studies

84

96

110

119

118

Law & American Civilization

53

67

82

79

81

Metropolitan Studies

5

7

7

12

16

Philosophy

44

69

71

68

53

Political Science

228

264

258

266

278

Psychology

835

885

900

971

1,038

Religious Studies

10

14

17

21

17

Social Science

119

85

69

76

84

Sociology/Anthropology & Criminal Justice

464

458

474

517

575

Spanish

96

98

65

38

25

Women's Studies

16

18

18

19

15

Sum:

2,850

3,094

3,163

3,322

3,578

Fisher College of Science & Mathematics

Biology

549

572

649

679

660

Chemistry

134

152

157

150

155

Computer Information Systems

285

218

212

223

257

Computer Science

266

241

222

235

241

Earth Space Science

15

13

13

18

11

Environmental Science & Studies

75

80

96

104

141

Forensic Chemistry

18

57

75

80

109

Geology

9

9

12

16

19

Information Technology
-
-
-
4
10

Mathematics

174

170

193

248

245

Medicinal Chemistry

9

15

25

41

56

Molecular Biology, Biochemistry & Bioinformatics

43

52

68

71

89

Physics

59

58

70

62

63

Sum:

1,636

1,637

1,792

1,931

2,056

Undeclared & Non-Degree

1,992

1,729

1,664

1,790

1,565

TOTAL

14,975

15,236

15,990

16,901

18,040


* 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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