The Changing Trends in Most Popular College Majors

The choice of college major can tell us a lot about how trends are changing in the work force. The team at Student Choice gathered years of data to create graphs displaying the most popular majors ever year between 2016 and 2023. In these graphs, you’ll see some consistent majors more popular than the rest and significant shifts in the popularity of others.

We can see from the graphs that Business is overwhelmingly the most popular major. It was on top of the rankings each year displayed in the graph. This makes a lot of sense since people associate Business with making good money, and it’s a very flexible major that can benefit applicants in a variety of industries and ventures.

Nursing was consistently the second most popular major. Nurses are usually in high demand, but the need for new nurses especially leaped after 2020. People with Nursing degrees can feel confident that they’ll find a job when they graduate! Did you choose one of the most popular majors when you went to college?