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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question What was your major or field of study when you received your (response to RDEGHIfill) degree? IF THE RESPONDENT RECEIVED MORE THAN ONE GRADUATE LEVEL DEGREE, ASK ABOUT THE HIGHEST DEGREE OBTAINED (E.G. ABOUT A Ph.D. RATHER THAN AN M.B.A). (COUNT UP TO 2 MENTIONS)
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | accounting/bookkeeping | administrative science/public administration | advertising | agriculture/horticulture | anthropology | architecture | art | aviation/aeronatics | biology | business administration | chemistry | child/human/family development | comm. disorders | communications/speech | computer science | criminology/criminal justice | dance | dentistry | don't know | economics | education | educational administration | electronics | engineering | english | environmental science/ecology | ethnic studies | finance | fine arts | food science/nutrition/culinary arts | foreign language | forestry | general sciences | general studies | geology | gerontology | health | history | human services/human resources | industrial relations | industry & technology | journalism | law | law enforcement | liberal arts | library science | marketing | mathematics | medicine | music | nursing | other | other vocational | parks and recreation | pharmacy | philosophy | physical education | physics | political science/international relations | psychology | public relations | social sciences | social work | sociology | special education | textiles/cloth | theater arts | theology | urban and regional planning | veterinary medicine | visual arts/graphic design/design and drafting | allied health | geography | humanities | information technology | mechanics/machine trade | no answer | television/film | counseling | fashion | home economics | statistics/biostatistics | not available in this year | optometry | skipped on web | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 1599 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 1473 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 1470 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 1819 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 1481 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 1537 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 1372 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 1517 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 1606 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 2992 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 2904 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 2817 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 2812 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 4510 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 2023 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 2044 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 1263 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 90 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 20 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 73 | 3 | 6 | 47 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 36 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 32 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 1597 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 142 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 17 | - | 4 | 3 | 19 | 91 | 4 | 6 | 49 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 8 | - | 13 | 5 | 3 | - | 31 | 19 | 7 | - | 4 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 2 | 39 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 5 | - | 6 | 6 | 22 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 1795 | 30 | 3 | - | 7 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 33 | 172 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 33 | 17 | 1 | 3 | - | 13 | 97 | 8 | 5 | 47 | 27 | 6 | - | 14 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 14 | 7 | - | 6 | 6 | 23 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 60 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 34 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 10 | 5 | - | 3 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | - | 8 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 1435 | 29 | 5 | - | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 26 | 138 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 5 | - | 19 | 79 | 9 | 9 | 54 | 24 | 8 | - | 16 | 6 | 9 | 5 | - | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 19 | 5 | 3 | - | 4 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 51 | 27 | 5 | - | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2 | - | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 10 | - | 4 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | - | 70 | 25 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 3 | 64 | 309 | 17 | 13 | - | 47 | 67 | 58 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 186 | 26 | 23 | 103 | 44 | 21 | - | 20 | 35 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 27 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 31 | 16 | - | 1 | 16 | 45 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 20 | 17 | 85 | 13 | 93 | 40 | 3 | - | 13 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 63 | 1 | 14 | 28 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 28 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1856 | 4 | 30 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 2013 | 41 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 6 | 47 | 221 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 32 | 48 | 32 | - | 5 | 1 | 13 | 129 | 8 | 13 | 80 | 41 | 14 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 6 | - | 27 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 32 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 23 | 7 | 90 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 60 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 12 | - | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 20 | 3544 |
| Total | 63190 | 230 | 53 | 8 | 41 | 18 | 37 | 79 | 16 | 208 | 1072 | 57 | 55 | 18 | 161 | 214 | 150 | 4 | 25 | 34 | 98 | 655 | 58 | 62 | 380 | 185 | 59 | 5 | 94 | 64 | 45 | 48 | 5 | 106 | 53 | 18 | 5 | 208 | 110 | 55 | 5 | 20 | 49 | 145 | 19 | 84 | 29 | 83 | 70 | 165 | 38 | 369 | 124 | 36 | 6 | 34 | 16 | 49 | 32 | 146 | 250 | 10 | 42 | 85 | 91 | 34 | 9 | 26 | 69 | 13 | 24 | 45 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 62 | 24 | 35 | 19 | 63 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 1856 | 5 | 50 | 72390 |
1 accounting/bookkeeping
2 advertising
3 agriculture/horticulture
4 allied health
5 anthropology
6 architecture
7 art
8 biology
9 business administration
11 chemistry
12 communications/speech
13 comm. disorders
14 computer science
15 dentistry
16 education
17 economics
18 engineering
19 english
20 finance
21 foreign language
22 forestry
23 geography
24 geology
25 history
26 home economics
27 industry & technology
28 journalism
29 law
30 law enforcement
31 library science
32 marketing
33 mathematics
34 medicine
35 music
36 nursing
37 optometry
38 pharmacy
39 philosophy
40 physical education
41 physics
42 psychology
43 political science/international relations
44 sociology
45 special education
46 theater arts
47 theology
48 veterinary medicine
49 liberal arts
50 other
51 general sciences
52 social work
53 general studies
54 other vocational
55 health
56 industrial relations
57 child/human/family development
58 food science/nutrition/culinary arts
59 environmental science/ecology
60 social sciences
61 human services/human resources
62 visual arts/graphic design/design and drafting
63 fine arts
64 humanities
65 ethnic studies
66 educational administration
67 television/film
68 aviation/aeronatics
69 statistics/biostatistics
70 criminology/criminal justice
71 administrative science/public administration
72 electronics
73 urban and regional planning
74 mechanics/machine trade
75 dance
76 gerontology
77 public relations
78 textiles/cloth
79 parks and recreation
80 information technology
81 fashion
82 counseling
NA(d) don't know
NA(i) iap
NA(j) I don't have a job
NA(m) dk, na, iap
NA(n) no answer
NA(p) not imputable
NA(q) not imputable
NA(r) refused
NA(s) skipped on web
NA(u) uncodeable
NA(x) not available in this release
NA(y) not available in this year
NA(z) see codebook