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<p>Business tends to increase in popularity as the selectivity of the college goes down. So that phenomenon may have more to do with the popularity of the major at various selectivity levels of colleges than the major itself (other than having a relatively low baseline of rigor).</p>
<p>In contrast, most liberal arts (science, humanities, social studies) majors are generally most popular at the most selective colleges.</p>