<p>What would be the top five, or even ten, most popular majors at William & Mary?</p>
<p>English and Business would probably be the top two, from what I’ve heard. Bio, Chem, IR, Gov, History, Education and Econ would be right behind them. The third tier would probably be religious studies, philosophy, sociology, Hispanic studies, physics, theater, environmental science and policy, and music. Did I leave any out? Chances are its 4th tier in terms of number of majors then.</p>
<p>I would go with Business, Bio, and Government as the top 3, I think that History and English would fall a little below those two. IR is pretty big as well, though Econ doesn’t seem very big to me at all; most of the people in my econ classes are IR kids.</p>
<p>Most Popular Majors</p>
<p>For Bachelor’s Degrees
Social Sciences: 23%
Business/Marketing: 12%
Interdisciplinary Studies: 10%
Psychology: 9%
History: 8%
English: 7%
Biology: 6%
Visual and Performing Arts: 5% </p>
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<p>well, those might be the most popular, but linguistics is the best! 
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<p>if i just had to guess, i would’ve said psych and english… seems like everybody on my hall is majoring in either of those.</p>
<p>Could anybody comment on the Global Studies program at W&M? I was especially interested in the Middle Eastern Studies and Russian Studies.</p>
<p>global studies is kind of like IR, but focused on one area. The degrees consist of the general base classes, and then history / politics / religion / culture / language of the area of your choice.</p>
<p>I can say that not very many people major in an area studies. Not that it’s a bad thing to do. Another option would be something like IR for undergrad, and then an area studies Masters degree.</p>