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Number of Degrees Conferred and Majors
Degrees Conferred
Academic Years      
  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Bachelor's
Traditional Students 467 473 457 526 472 440 510 492 520 545 526 537
IDP 26 20 28 27 21 30 23 22 22 22 17 17
Total Undergraduate 493 493 485 553 493 470 533 514 542 567 543 554
Master's 27 27 30 36 36 43 30 39 47 39 56 42
Majors of Undergraduate Degree Recipients
Academic Years      
  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
% Graduating with multiple majors 9.7% 8.9% 13.4% 9.6% 10.5% 11.5% 12.0% 11.5% 15.7% 15.3% 22.2% 19.3%
Distribution of majors (based on all majors, not students)*
Fine & Performing Arts 7.4% 6.7% 6.3% 6.4% 6.8% 7.3% 4.8% 6.8% 5.1% 5.8% 6.3% 4.8%
Humanities 31.8% 35.6% 27.4% 29.7% 24.5% 27.1% 29.8% 27.7% 28.0% 27.7% 30.4% 27.4%
Social Science 41.2% 41.5% 48.2% 47.9% 50.1% 47.3% 45.7% 46.9% 48.8% 49.8% 42.8% 48.5%
Life Sciences 5.9% 5.6% 5.1% 5.4% 4.4% 4.8% 4.5% 4.5% 4.9% 4.7% 6.5% 5.3%
Physical Sciences** 10.7% 8.4% 9.2% 8.4% 11.0% 10.7% 10.9% 11.5% 9.4% 8.4% 9.9% 10.5%
Interdisciplinary 1.8% 1.5% 2.5% 1.7% 1.8% 2.3% 3.3% 2.3% 3.5% 2.9% 3.8% 3.5%
Six Most Popular Majors Econ PoliSci Econ PoliSci PoliSci PoliSci PoliSci Econ Econ Econ Econ Econ
(in order from largest at top) PoliSci Econ PoliSci Econ Econ Econ Econ PoliSci History History PoliSci PoliSci
History History History History English English History English PoliSci Psych History History
English English English English Psych Psych English History Psych PoliSci English English
Psych Psych Psych Psych History History Psych Psych English English Psych Psych
  ArtHist AmStud Sociol Sociol CompSci ArtHist Phil Engin AmStud PubPolicy AmStud PubPolicy
*   Computer coordinate majors counted in both Computer Science and the other major.
** Includes mathematics and engineering.