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<p>For whatever reason, biology is the largest STEM major, at a third or more of total STEM majors (all types of engineering combined are another third, and the rest is made up of the other sciences and engineering technology).</p>

<p>The Berkeley graduating class of 2011 had 1175 bachelor’s degree graduates in various biology majors. This was 14.1% of the overall graduating class of 8306.</p>

<p>In contrast, other majors (from <a href=“https://career.berkeley.edu/Major/Major.stm[/url]”>https://career.berkeley.edu/Major/Major.stm&lt;/a&gt; ):</p>

<p>Engineering (all combined)<em>: 838, 10.1% #
Economics</em>: 509, 6.1%
Political Science: 427, 5.1%
Business Administration<em>: 357, 4.3%
Psychology</em>: 344, 4.1%
English: 332, 4.0%
Math + Applied Math + Statistics: 290, 3.5%
Political Economy: 259, 3.1%
Sociology: 246, 3.0%
Media Studies<em>: 230, 2.8%
History: 224, 2.7%
Environmental Economics</em>: 190, 2.3%
Architecture: 174, 2.1%
Computer Science+: 117, 1.4%
Physics: 90, 1.1%</p>

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<li>= limited enrollment major, students have to apply to declare or change into; the biology majors are not limited enrollment</li>
<li>= in College of Letters and Science

= of which 260, 3.1% in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science</li>

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