major statistics

Colleges and Universities A-Z Columbia University
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<p>does anyone have the breakdown of major statistics (natural, social sciences, humanities)? and what percentage of students are pre-med?</p>

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<p>Do you mean which majors are most popular?</p>

<p>These are statistics for CC from last year:</p>

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<p>As you can see, the most popular majors are:</p>

<ol>
<li>Econ</li>
<li>Poli Sci</li>
<li>History</li>
<li>English</li>
<li>Biology</li>
<li>Psychology</li>
<li>Philosophy</li>
</ol>

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and what percentage of students are pre-med?

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<p>This is a pretty amorphous question. There's no official way to count how many people "are premed." Do we count every freshman who comes in wanting to be a doctor? Or everybody who graduates having taken each of the required premed courses? Or people who apply to medical school (hard to quantify since people don't always apply right away)? So, you're not going to get a good answer.</p>