Popular or Non-Popular Majors

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<p>What majors are the most/least popular?</p>

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<p>This is from a Dear Uncle Ezra post from 2004:</p>

<p>"Uncle Ezra,
Where could I find a list of Cornell’s majors that includes the annual number of students on average who choose each field? (specifically the college of arts and sciences). thanks.
Dear inquiring about majors,</p>

<p>The number of students in each major is not available online. However, I was able to get a few figures from the staff in the College of Arts and Sciences. Please note, students do not have to declare a major until their junior year in this college, so there may be more students walking around saying “I plan to be a XXX major” that are not in the actual figures:</p>

<p>As of mid-November, the smallest majors are:</p>

<p>Africana Studies (9), Astronomy (3), Dance (4), Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (9), Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies (7), German (6), Independent Major (8), Italian (6) Romance Studies (2), Science of Earth Systems (2)</p>

<p>The largest majors are:</p>

<p>Biological Sciences (446), College Scholar (120), Economics (442), English (265), Government (385), History (178), Mathematics (109), Psychology (219), Sociology (155)</p>

<p>All the rest fall somewhere between 10 and 99 students. Regardless of the number of students who share your interest, I hope you are able to find the major that is the right fit for you."</p>

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<p><a href=“http://dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000420.pdf#pagemode=bookmarks[/url]”>http://dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000420.pdf#pagemode=bookmarks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>See schedule J “degrees conferred”, on page 27.</p>

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<p>I’ve read that the Earth and Atmospheric Sciences major is a joint venture by the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Engineering, and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences ([Cornell</a> University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University - Wikipedia);%5DCornell”>New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University - Wikipedia);)); yet when you apply, you can only apply to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences for this particular major. Are the EAS majors considered students in all three colleges?</p>

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<p>Does anyone know how competitive the Human Development major is in Human Ecology? I’m really interested in it, but if its the most competitive one, I may apply to a different major.</p>