College major 1

major1_1222

Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question What was your major or field of study when you received your (RESPONDENT'S COLLEGE DEGREE) degree? As of 2024, MAJOR1 has been recoded to only account for 39 categories. This has been retroactively applied to all previous years of MAJOR1. The original MAJOR1 containing data from 2012 to 2022 has been renamed MAJOR1_1222.

Values

• [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(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

Question Years and Ballots

ballots	years
A/B/C	2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for major1_1222.

Counts by year:

year	not available in this year	accounting/bookkeeping	advertising	agriculture/horticulture	anthropology	architecture	art	biology	business administration	chemistry	communications/speech	comm. disorders	computer science	dentistry	education	economics	engineering	english	finance	foreign language	forestry	geology	history	industry & technology	journalism	law	law enforcement	library science	marketing	mathematics	medicine	music	nursing	pharmacy	philosophy	physical education	physics	psychology	political science/international relations	sociology	special education	theater arts	theology	veterinary medicine	liberal arts	other	general sciences	social work	general studies	other vocational	health	industrial relations	child/human/family development	food science/nutrition/culinary arts	environmental science/ecology	social sciences	human services/human resources	visual arts/graphic design/design and drafting	fine arts	ethnic studies	educational administration	aviation/aeronatics	criminology/criminal justice	administrative science/public administration	electronics	urban and regional planning	dance	gerontology	public relations	textiles/cloth	parks and recreation	don't know	iap	allied health	geography	humanities	television/film	mechanics/machine trade	information technology	no answer	home economics	statistics/biostatistics	fashion	counseling	optometry	skipped on web	Total
2012	-	28	3	8	3	2	6	16	90	5	20	4	25	2	73	11	47	23	7	4	1	1	10	3	5	13	3	4	11	5	9	4	36	2	2	9	3	32	16	9	5	6	6	1	8	8	10	7	2	5	23	1	11	3	5	4	3	3	4	3	3	2	13	2	6	1	1	1	3	3	1	2	1263	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1974
2014	-	32	2	2	5	3	7	22	142	8	18	6	24	4	91	19	49	26	15	8	-	3	19	4	6	18	5	5	15	10	25	2	39	5	-	6	6	32	22	15	3	2	6	5	16	10	13	17	5	11	31	-	3	6	5	2	7	8	5	1	4	1	17	11	6	1	-	-	1	4	2	3	1597	2	2	2	2	1	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2538
2016	-	30	-	7	1	5	11	33	172	10	26	2	33	3	97	13	47	27	14	6	3	4	14	6	6	23	4	2	13	12	12	10	60	4	2	16	7	34	19	10	5	3	13	3	12	21	15	24	7	6	31	-	7	9	6	7	7	9	5	-	8	1	17	3	5	3	1	1	2	-	1	-	1795	1	2	-	6	1	8	5	3	2	3	11	-	-	2867
2018	-	29	-	5	1	3	10	26	138	4	18	2	17	5	79	19	54	24	16	5	-	2	19	-	4	14	2	3	12	5	11	2	51	4	2	6	4	29	14	12	2	1	8	4	10	27	14	7	7	5	42	3	7	9	8	5	5	10	6	-	9	3	13	5	9	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	1435	-	4	1	1	4	11	3	2	2	1	9	-	-	2348
2021	-	70	1	12	6	16	24	64	309	17	47	-	67	6	186	23	103	44	20	19	1	6	31	1	16	45	4	11	20	17	85	13	93	13	6	3	5	63	41	26	11	10	23	6	21	40	27	28	18	3	31	-	13	5	21	14	16	3	35	-	26	3	58	25	23	5	1	1	1	1	-	28	1856	12	11	3	5	10	28	12	4	4	6	16	4	30	4032
2022	-	41	2	7	2	8	21	47	221	13	32	4	48	5	129	13	80	41	22	6	-	2	17	6	12	32	1	4	12	21	23	7	90	6	4	9	7	60	34	19	8	4	13	5	17	18	27	2	14	6	50	1	14	13	14	10	17	12	9	1	8	6	32	7	13	1	-	1	2	1	2	1	2013	-	3	1	5	8	10	14	3	-	2	27	1	20	3544
Total	0	230	8	41	18	37	79	208	1072	57	161	18	214	25	655	98	380	185	94	48	5	18	110	20	49	145	19	29	83	70	165	38	369	34	16	49	32	250	146	91	34	26	69	24	84	124	106	85	53	36	208	5	55	45	59	42	55	45	64	5	58	16	150	53	62	13	4	5	10	9	6	34	9959	15	22	7	19	24	62	35	12	8	12	63	5	50	17303

See also

Other Core: coden_1222, denom16_7322, denom_7222, major2_1222, spden_7322

Other Education: major2_1222