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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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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