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What’s Your Major?

Getting to the answer can follow a winding path

An illustration depicts a student reclining on a pile of symbols of education, incuding a book, a beaker, a pencil, and a triangle.

Author By Catherine O’Neill Grace
Illustrations by Hollie Fuller

Published on May 7, 2024

Issue Spring 2024

Section Feature Story

Top Majors

1. Economics
2. Computer science
3. Psychology
4. Political science
5. Biological sciences
6. Neuroscience
7. English
7. Mathematics
9. Media arts and sciences
10. Biochemistry
10. Environmental studies

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