Majors & Minors
Fall 2016 Declared Majors, Declared Minors & Summary Table
MAJORS | IN RESIDENCE | STUDYING OFF CAMPUS | ||||
MEN | WOMEN | TOTAL | MEN | WOMEN | TOTAL | |
TOTAL ENROLLMENT | 902 | 904 | 1,806 | 62 | 88 | 150 |
Declared Students | 419 |
393 |
812 |
62 |
88 |
150 |
% of total enrollment | 46.5% | 43.5% | 45.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
Undeclared Students | 483 |
511 |
994 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
% of total enrollment | 53.5% | 56.5% | 55.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
MAJORS | ||||||
Humanities and Fine Arts | 100 |
137 |
237 |
21 |
37 |
58 |
% of declared students | 23.9% | 34.9% | 29.2% | 33.9% | 42.0% | 38.7% |
Art History | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
% of declared students | 0.5% | 1.8% | 1.1% | 1.6% | 5.7% | 4.0% |
Art History and Archaeology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
% of declared students | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Art History and Visual Arts | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
% of declared students | 0.0% | 1.0% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Classical Archaeology | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
% of declared students | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Classical Studies | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
% of declared students | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Classics | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
% of declared students | 1.2% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 0.0% | 2.3% | 1.3% |
Education * | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
% of declared students | 0.5% | 1.5% | 1.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
English | 12 | 35 | 47 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
% of declared students | 2.9% | 8.9% | 5.8% | 0.0% | 8.0% | 4.7% |
English and Theater | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
% of declared students | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 2.3% | 1.3% |
Francophone Studies | 8 | 13 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
% of declared students | 1.9% | 3.3% | 2.6% | 3.2% | 4.5% | 4.0% |
German | 5 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
% of declared students | 1.2% | 1.8% | 1.5% | 4.8% | 2.3% | 3.3% |
Hispanic Studies | 5 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
% of declared students | 1.2% | 3.3% | 2.2% | 4.8% | 5.7% | 5.3% |
History | 25 | 23 | 48 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
% of declared students | 6.0% | 5.9% | 5.9% | 6.5% | 3.4% | 4.7% |
Music | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
% of declared students | 1.7% | 0.3% | 1.0% | 1.6% | 2.3% | 2.0% |
Philosophy | 8 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
% of declared students | 1.9% | 0.5% | 1.2% | 1.6% | 1.1% | 1.3% |
Religion | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
% of declared students | 0.7% | 1.3% | 1.0% | 1.6% | 1.1% | 1.3% |
Romance Languages and Literatures | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
% of declared students | 1.2% | 1.5% | 1.4% | 4.8% | 1.1% | 2.7% |
Russian | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
% of declared students | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Visual Arts | 10 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
% of declared students | 2.4% | 2.5% | 2.5% | 3.2% | 2.3% | 2.7% |
Natural Sciences and Mathematics | 217 |
174 |
391 | 25 |
27 |
52 |
% of declared students | 51.8% | 44.3% | 48.2% | 40.3% | 30.7% | 34.7% |
Biochemistry | 28 | 17 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
% of declared students | 6.7% | 4.3% | 5.5% | 3.2% | 1.1% | 2.0% |
Biology | 27 | 35 | 62 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
% of declared students | 6.4% | 8.9% | 7.6% | 4.8% | 5.7% | 5.3% |
Chemical Physics | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
% of declared students | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Chemistry | 12 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
% of declared students | 2.9% | 1.5% | 2.2% | 3.2% | 0.0% | 1.3% |
Computer Science | 43 | 17 | 60 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
% of declared students | 10.3% | 4.3% | 7.4% | 6.5% | 4.5% | 5.3% |
Computer Science and Mathematics | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
% of declared students | 0.7% | 1.3% | 1.0% | 0.0% | 2.3% | 1.3% |
Earth and Oceanographic Science | 13 | 21 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
% of declared students | 3.1% | 5.3% | 4.2% | 4.8% | 1.1% | 2.7% |
Mathematics | 49 | 29 | 78 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
% of declared students | 11.7% | 7.4% | 9.6% | 8.1% | 8.0% | 8.0% |
Neuroscience | 15 | 32 | 47 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
% of declared students | 3.6% | 8.1% | 5.8% | 6.5% | 8.0% | 7.3% |
Physics | 27 | 11 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
% of declared students | 6.4% | 2.8% | 4.7% | 3.2% | 0.0% | 1.3% |
Social and Behavioral Sciences | 206 | 189 | 395 | 33 | 44 | 77 |
% of declared students | 49.2% | 48.1% | 48.6% | 53.2% | 50.0% | 51.3% |
Anthropology | 2 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
% of declared students | 0.5% | 3.6% | 2.0% | 0.0% | 3.4% | 2.0% |
Economics | 82 | 38 | 120 | 11 | 6 | 17 |
% of declared students | 19.6% | 9.7% | 14.8% | 17.7% | 6.8% | 11.3% |
Government and Legal Studies | 97 | 71 | 168 | 18 | 18 | 36 |
% of declared students | 23.2% | 18.1% | 20.7% | 29.0% | 20.5% | 24.0% |
Psychology | 10 | 35 | 45 | 2 | 10 | 12 |
% of declared students | 2.4% | 8.9% | 5.5% | 3.2% | 11.4% | 8.0% |
Sociology | 15 | 31 | 46 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
% of declared students | 3.6% | 7.9% | 5.7% | 3.2% | 8.0% | 6.0% |
Interdepartmental Majors | 5 |
2 |
7 |
1 |
1 | 2 |
% of declared students | 1.2% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 1.6% | 1.1% | 1.3% |
Mathematics and Economics | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
% of declared students | 1.0% | 0.0% | 0.5% | 1.6% | 1.1% | 1.3% |
Mathematics and Education | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
% of declared students | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Physics and Education | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
% of declared students | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Interdisciplinary Majors | 37 |
64 |
101 |
4 |
14 | 18 |
% of declared students | 8.8% | 16.3% | 12.4% | 6.5% | 15.9% | 12.0% |
Africana Studies | 2 | 19 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
% of declared students | 0.5% | 4.8% | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1.1% | 0.7% |
Asian Studies | 10 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
% of declared students | 2.4% | 1.5% | 2.0% | 1.6% | 0.0% | 0.7% |
Environmental Studies * | 22 | 25 | 47 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
% of declared students | 5.3% | 6.4% | 5.8% | 3.2% | 9.1% | 6.7% |
Eurasian and East European Studies | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
% of declared students | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Gender and Women's Studies | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
% of declared students | 0.0% | 1.0% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 1.1% | 0.7% |
Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
% of declared students | 0.2% | 1.5% | 0.9% | 1.6% | 2.3% | 2.0% |
Latin American Studies | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
% of declared students | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 1.1% | 0.7% |
Student-Designed | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
% of declared students | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 1.1% | 0.7% |
* Education and Environmental Studies are offered only as coordinates majors that must be combined with another major.
MINORS | IN RESIDENCE | STUDYING OFF CAMPUS | ||||
MEN | WOMEN | TOTAL | MEN | WOMEN | TOTAL | |
TOTAL ENROLLMENT | 902 | 904 | 1,806 | 62 | 88 | 150 |
Declared Students | 207 | 203 | 410 | 20 | 32 | 52 |
% of total enrollment | 22.9% | 22.5% | 22.7% | 32.3% | 36.4% | 34.7% |
Undeclared Students | 695 | 701 | 1,396 | 42 | 56 | 98 |
% of total enrollment | 77.1% | 77.5% | 77.3% | 67.7% | 63.6% | 65.3% |
MINORS | ||||||
Humanities and Fine Arts | 81 | 98 | 179 | 6 | 20 | 26 |
% of declared students | 39.1% | 48.3% | 43.7% | 30.0% | 62.5% | 50.0% |
Archaeology | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
% of declared students | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 5.0% | 0.0% | 1.9% |
Art History | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
% of declared students | 1.0% | 2.5% | 1.7% | 5.0% | 3.1% | 3.8% |
Chinese | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
% of declared students | 2.4% | 3.4% | 2.9% | 10.0% | 0.0% | 3.8% |
Classical Studies | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
% of declared students | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Classics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
% of declared students | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Dance | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
% of declared students | 1.4% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 0.0% | 3.1% | 1.9% |
Education | 16 | 36 | 52 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
% of declared students | 7.7% | 17.7% | 12.7% | 5.0% | 6.3% | 5.8% |
English | 9 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
% of declared students | 4.3% | 3.0% | 3.7% | 0.0% | 3.1% | 1.9% |
Francophone Studies | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
% of declared students | 1.4% | 1.0% | 1.2% | 0.0% | 9.4% | 5.8% |
German | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
% of declared students | 2.4% | 0.5% | 1.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Greek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
% of declared students | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Hispanic Studies | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
% of declared students | 3.4% | 3.4% | 3.4% | 0.0% | 9.4% | 5.8% |
History | 10 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
% of declared students | 4.8% | 2.0% | 3.4% | 0.0% | 6.3% | 3.8% |
Italian Studies | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
% of declared students | 1.0% | 2.0% | 1.5% | 0.0% | 3.1% | 1.9% |
Japanese | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
% of declared students | 1.4% | 0.0% | 0.7% | 5.0% | 0.0% | 1.9% |
Latin | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
% of declared students | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 3.1% | 1.9% |
Music | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
% of declared students | 2.9% | 1.5% | 2.2% | 0.0% | 3.1% | 1.9% |
Philosophy | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
% of declared students | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Religion | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
% of declared students | 1.0% | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 3.1% | 1.9% |
Russian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
% of declared students | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Theater | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
% of declared students | 1.4% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Visual Arts | 2 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
% of declared students | 1.0% | 6.4% | 3.7% | 0.0% | 9.4% | 5.8% |
Natural Sciences and Mathematics | 53 | 31 | 84 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
% of declared students | 25.6% | 15.3% | 20.5% | 20.0% | 9.4% | 13.5% |
Biology | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
% of declared students | 1.0% | 4.4% | 2.7% | 0.0% | 3.1% | 1.9% |
Chemistry | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
% of declared students | 2.9% | 3.0% | 2.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Computer Science | 12 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
% of declared students | 5.8% | 2.0% | 3.9% | 10.0% | 3.1% | 5.8% |
Earth and Oceanographic Science | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
% of declared students | 1.9% | 1.0% | 1.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Mathematics | 23 | 10 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
% of declared students | 11.1% | 4.9% | 8.0% | 10.0% | 3.1% | 5.8% |
Physics | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
% of declared students | 2.9% | 0.0% | 1.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Social and Behavioral Sciences | 57 | 58 | 115 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
% of declared students | 27.5% | 28.6% | 28.0% | 40.0% | 25.0% | 30.8% |
Anthropology | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
% of declared students | 1.0% | 3.9% | 2.4% | 0.0% | 3.1% | 1.9% |
Economics | 23 | 14 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
% of declared students | 11.1% | 6.9% | 9.0% | 5.0% | 3.1% | 3.8% |
Economics and Finance | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
% of declared students | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 5.0% | 3.1% | 3.8% |
Government and Legal Studies | 18 | 16 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
% of declared students | 8.7% | 7.9% | 8.3% | 25.0% | 6.3% | 13.5% |
Psychology | 6 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
% of declared students | 2.9% | 2.0% | 2.4% | 5.0% | 3.1% | 3.8% |
Sociology | 7 | 15 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
% of declared students | 3.4% | 7.4% | 5.4% | 0.0% | 6.3% | 3.8% |
Interdisciplinary Minors | 16 | 16 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
% of declared students | 7.7% | 7.9% | 7.8% | 10.0% | 3.1% | 5.8% |
Africana Studies | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
% of declared students | 1.4% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Asian Studies | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
% of declared students | 2.9% | 0.0% | 1.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Cinema Studies | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
% of declared students | 2.4% | 3.0% | 2.7% | 0.0% | 3.1% | 1.9% |
Environmental Studies | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
% of declared students | 1.0% | 0.0% | 0.5% | 5.0% | 0.0% | 1.9% |
Gender and Women's Studies | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
% of declared students | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
% of declared students | 0.0% | 1.5% | 0.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Latin American Studies | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
% of declared students | 0.0% | 1.5% | 0.7% | 5.0% | 0.0% | 1.9% |
Fall 2016 - Top Ten Declared Majors
1. Government and Legal Studies, 204 |
2. Economics, 137 |
3. Mathematics, 90 |
4. Biology, 70 |
5. Computer Science, 68 |
6. Neuroscience, 58 |
7. Environmental Studies, 57 |
7. Psychology, 57 |
9. History, 55 |
9. Sociology, 55 |
Of the 1,956 students studying in residence and off campus, 962 (49.2%) have declared a major as of Fall 2016. Of these 962 students, 587 (61.0%) have declared a single major; 64 (6.7%) have declared a coordinate major (Education or Environmental Studies in addition to another major); 310 (32.2%) have declared a double major; and one (0.001%) has declared a double-coordinate major.
Maintained by Margaret Allen, Bowdoin College Office of Institutional Research
Last Update: November 14, 2016
E-mail: mallen2@bowdoin.edu