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US Trends in Bachelor's Degrees Conferred, 1970-2023, for areas averaging more than 2% of all degrees Estimates are every 5 years from 1970-1995, and annually thereafter Main points: Business has long been the most popular major; social sciences/history, education, and English have declined considerably; growth areas are health professions and computing.

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US Trends in Bachelor's Degrees Conferred, 1970-2023, for areas averaging more than 2% of all degrees Estimates are every 5 years from 1970-1995, and annually thereafter Main points: Business has long been the most popular major; social sciences/history, education, and English have declined considerably; growth areas are health professions and computing.
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Kieran Healy (kjhealy@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 13-Mar-2025 02:05:23 JST Kieran Healy

Here’s a graph based on data from the Digest of Education Statistics, derived ultimately from IPEDS, both of which are overseen by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a federal agency that traces its roots to legislation passed in 1867, which been collecting data on U.S. educational enrollment and attainment since 1870, and whose staff were apparently all fired yesterday.

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