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Friday, May 9, 2014

Majors Chosen by US College Graduates

As 2013-2014 academic year draws to a close, it is worth looking at the historical trends in college major choice. Here is a fantastic graphic:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2014/05/09/310114739/whats-your-major-four-decades-of-college-degrees-in-1-graph

The preponderance of business degrees at the undergraduate level is rather a troublesome development, especially when juxtaposed against the low shares of students choosing STEM or Economics.