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major2_1222

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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, MAJOR2 has been recoded to only account for 39 categories. This has been retroactively applied to all previous years of MAJOR2. The original MAJOR2 containing data from 2012 to 2022 has been renamed MAJOR2_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

ballotsyears
A/B/C2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for major2_1222.

Counts by year:

yearnot available in this yearaccounting/bookkeepingartbiologybusiness administrationchemistrycomputer sciencedentistryeducationeconomicsenglishfinanceforeign languagegeologyhistoryindustry & technologylawmarketingmathematicsmedicinemusicnursingpharmacyphilosophypsychologypolitical science/international relationssociologyspecial educationtheater artstheologyothersocial workchild/human/family developmentenvironmental science/ecologysocial scienceshuman services/human resourcesvisual arts/graphic design/design and draftingtelevision/filmaviation/aeronaticsstatistics/biostatisticsurban and regional planningtextiles/clothparks and recreationdon't knowiapno answeranthropologycommunications/speechcomm. disordersengineeringforestryjournalismlaw enforcementlibrary sciencephysical educationphysicsgeneral studiesother vocationalhealthfine artseducational administrationcriminology/criminal justiceinformation technologyagriculture/horticulturegeographyoptometryliberal artsgeneral sciencesfood science/nutrition/culinary artshumanitiesethnic studiesadministrative science/public administrationmechanics/machine tradedancepublic relationscounselinggerontologyadvertisingarchitecturehome economicsskipped on webTotal
2012-2221535196643131243215116441215111211111211218521-----------------------------------1974
2014-6622723-16345516-342252-110522225243131--1---123451251411132111132212------------------2538
2016-657293711910521-4-158514--9354334332242--1----2643-12-5-3-111-211-1521212212111112-----2867
2018-91494101154743-8-2611-21---11--27-11-3----1---2201--21--2-11--152-4111-22--1-1---1----2348
2022-201514589813716251415214661095492220117818939221311323---15294130514-711-1811320--1343--683-56--281211203544
Total043292913821334963947292743571429331413213445241915816309189724154363111811982328232162716123274943239531101242772131022112013271

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