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Where
Do History Majors Attend College?
By Emil Pocock,
History Department
and Brian
DiSarro,
Class of
2000
History
may
be a more popular major than you thought, both at Eastern and some of
the
most prestigious colleges and universities in the Northeast.
Here are
some
interesting statistics compiled from Eastern Connecticut State
University, Banner Reporting, Oct. 2004, and U.S. News and World
Report, America's
Best Colleges 1998. |
History
at Eastern
Nearly
one
out of every twelve Eastern students have a major in History, making it
the fourth most popular major on campus as of the fall 200 semester.
|
Number
of majors
|
Portion
of all declared majors
|
Major
|
471
|
13.0%
|
Psychology
|
412
|
11.3%
|
Business
Administration
|
342
|
9.4%
|
Communication
|
291
|
8.0%
|
History
|
285
|
7.8%
|
Sociology
and Applied Social Relations
|
255
|
7.0%
|
English
|
247
|
6.8%
|
Physical
Education
|
178
|
4.9%
|
Accounting
|
160
|
4.4%
|
Computer
Science
|
149
|
4.1%
|
Biology
|
134
|
3.7%
|
General
Studies
|
133
|
3.7%
|
Sport
and Leisure Management
|
105
|
2.4%
|
Mathematics
|
472
|
13.0%
|
All
other majors |
History majors include
History, History and Social Science,
History/American Studies.
You
Are in Good Company If You Are a History Major
| History is
even more popular at some of the most prestigious colleges and
universities,
including the Ivy League schools. Take a look at the two tables
below.
They show the percentage of students who are History majors and the
relative
popularity of History among all majors. Only colleges where History is
one of the top five majors are included. |
Other Northeastern
Liberal Arts Colleges
History is
among the most popular majors at many of the other most prestigious
liberal arts colleges and universities in the Northeast, including
Connecticut
College, Trinity, and Wesleyan.
|
History
Rank among all Majors
|
Portion
History Majors
|
College
or Univeristy
|
5
|
6.0%
|
Amherst
College (Mass.)
|
5
|
6.0%
|
Bard
College (NY)
|
5
|
10.0%
|
Bowdoin
Colege (Maine)
|
1
|
11.0%
|
Bryn
Mawr College (Penn)
|
5
|
7.0%
|
Colby
College (Maine)
|
3
|
9.0%
|
Colgate
University (NY)
|
4
|
8.0%
|
Connecticut
College
|
5
|
7.0%
|
Dickinson
College (Penn.)
|
5
|
7.0%
|
Fordham
University (NY)
|
5
|
9.0%
|
Franklin
and Marshall College (Penn.)
|
2
|
12.0%
|
Haverford
College (Penn.)
|
2
|
12.0%
|
Holy
Cross COllege (Mass.)
|
1
|
10.0%
|
Middlebury
College (Vt.)
|
2
|
10.0%
|
Trinity
College (Conn.)
|
3
|
7.0%
|
Vassar
Colege (NY)
|
4
|
8.0%
|
QWeslyan
University (Conn.)
|
1
|
17.0%
|
Williams
College (Mass.)
|
Ivy
League Colleges and Universities
| History is also the first or second most
popular major at six of the eight Ivy League schools, with as many as
one out of every seven students graduating with a History degree. |
History
Rank among all Majors
|
Portion
History Majors
|
College
or University
|
2
|
14%
|
Columbia
University
|
2
|
12%
|
Princeton
University
|
1
|
12%
|
Yale
University
|
2
|
11%
|
Dartmouth
College
|
5
|
9%
|
Cornell
University
|
2
|
8%
|
Brown
University
|
2
|
6%
|
University
of Pennsylvania
|
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