<p>Among the ivies, only does Penn provide finance major to undergraduate students. So 379 is a pretty large amount of students.</p>
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<p>205 in computer science? I know most of the ivies aren't big in it... but that's an average of less than 30 per school... small major</p>
<p>GoNavyXC, I don't really think that's fair...while you could provide objective evidence that majors in the humanities have higher average GPAs than engineering majors, or that their courseloads are more rigorous, but to say that non-engineering Ivy kids are just looking for prestige as a generalization is narrow-minded.</p>
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<p>GoNavy, not all Ivies give out high grades either. Princeton caps the number of good grades that are available, and almost everything is curved to a B/B-/C+ at Cornell thus making sure that people get all sorts of grades.</p>
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<p>I am transferring to Columbia this Fall and majoring in Philosophy and Psychology. GoNavyXC, you're GPA would be higher if you received higher grades. To claim that you're GPA would be higher if you took non-engineering classes is a stretch. I doubt that Symbolic Logic or Philosophy of Mind or Philosophy of Science would be any easier for you than the classes you mentioned would be for myself. I would probably not do good in a Physics class, but I can explain Frege's theory of Thoughts, and his theory of Sense and Nominatum. So, if you can read Gottlob Frege's book about it, and explain it, then I will admit that non-engineering majors are inferior, but, until then, I will resect engineering majors for being able to comprehend material I can't, and hope that they respect me for comprehending material that they can't.</p>
<p>Well that's all well and good MaxwellB, but can you explain Frege's Die Grundlagen der Arithmetik? ;)</p>
<p>I don't think that the humanities are any easier than the sciences, but I do think that in general, grades are more inflated in humanities classes.</p>
<p>Most popular majors at Cornell, with number of bachelors grads last year</p>
<p>Engineering. 642
Business, management, marketing, and related support services. 463
Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences. 447
Biological and biomedical sciences. 412
Social sciences. 362
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences. 133
Architecture and related services. 109
Physical sciences. 99
Computer and information sciences and support services. 93
Visual and performing arts. 84
Psychology. 83
Public administration and social service professions. 80
English language and literature/letters. 73
Communication, journalism, and related programs. 71
History 65
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies. 57
Natural resources and conservation. 49
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics. 45
Mathematics and statistics. 32</p>
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<p>Brown</p>
<p>Social sciences. 336
Biological and biomedical sciences. 173
Business, management, marketing, and related support services. 125
History 106
Visual and performing arts. 101
Multi/interdisciplinary studies. 81
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics. 77
Psychology. 76
Engineering. 69
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies. 69
English language and literature/letters. 67
Philosophy and religious studies. 47
Physical sciences. 42
Health professions and related clinical sciences. 35
Mathematics and statistics. 32
Computer and information sciences and support services. 29
Public administration and social service professions. 23</p>
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<p>Penn</p>
<p>Business, management, marketing, and related support services. 586
Social sciences. 521
Engineering. 244
Health professions and related clinical sciences. 191
Biological and biomedical sciences. 177
Multi/interdisciplinary studies. 157
History 145
English language and literature/letters. 126
Communication, journalism, and related programs. 117
Psychology. 115
Philosophy and religious studies. 106
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics. 101
Visual and performing arts. 63
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities. 41
Physical sciences. 28
Mathematics and statistics. 26
Architecture and related services. 22</p>
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<p>Columbia</p>
<p>Social sciences. 367
Engineering. 316
Health professions and related clinical sciences. 311
English language and literature/letters. 145
History 112
Visual and performing arts. 96
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics. 83
Philosophy and religious studies. 82
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies. 80
Psychology. 70
Mathematics and statistics. 57
Physical sciences. 53
Biological and biomedical sciences. 52
Computer and information sciences and support services. 50
Multi/interdisciplinary studies. 49
Architecture and related services. 22</p>
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<p>Dartmouth</p>
<p>Social sciences. 316
Psychology. 102
History 87
English language and literature/letters. 77
Engineering. 56
Biological and biomedical sciences. 56
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics. 48
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies. 48
Visual and performing arts. 46
Physical sciences. 46
Philosophy and religious studies. 40
Multi/interdisciplinary studies. 37
Natural resources and conservation. 24
Mathematics and statistics. 23</p>
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<p>Princeton</p>
<p>Social sciences. 286
Engineering. 170
History 99
Biological and biomedical sciences. 92
Public administration and social service professions. 84
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics. 72
Physical sciences. 70
Philosophy and religious studies. 64
Psychology. 63
Visual and performing arts. 51
English language and literature/letters. 45
Mathematics and statistics. 18</p>
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<p>Yale</p>
<p>Social sciences. 356
History 203
English language and literature/letters. 125
Biological and biomedical sciences. 116
Multi/interdisciplinary studies. 109
Visual and performing arts. 84
Psychology. 64
Engineering. 63
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies. 57
Physical sciences. 49
Philosophy and religious studies. 46
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics. 32
Architecture and related services. 25</p>
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<p>Harvard</p>
<p>Social sciences. 642
Biological and biomedical sciences. 214
History 160
Psychology. 128
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities. 116
Physical sciences. 102
English language and literature/letters. 89
Mathematics and statistics. 79
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics. 64
Visual and performing arts. 61
Engineering. 34
Philosophy and religious studies. 34
Computer and information sciences and support services. 34
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies. 23
Natural resources and conservation. 19</p>
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<p>Social Sciences includes economics, political science, anthropology, archaeology, sociology, international relations, geography, urban studies.</p>
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<p>Thanks for all the effort you put into the statistics. Do you know how many math and statistics majors Yale had?</p>
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<p>Psych can have a very biology-oriented curriculum</p>
<p>Yale had 13 math and statistics graduates.</p>
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<p>Any way we know how many of those Columbia engineering graduates were 3-2 students from other schools? I wonder since I see a lot of people mentioning that program around the boards, but I have no idea how many people actually do it.</p>
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<p>Interesting data, thanks collegehelp. Social sciences---led by econ and poli sci no doubt---are the biggest at all the Ivies except Cornell (engineering) and Penn (Wharton, though social sciences is close). No wonder there's such fierce competition to get into top law schools.</p>