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Undergraduate

Census data from the Fact Book and operational data offer the following student information:

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Data Highlight: Enrollment Growth

  • 1.2 %
    Undergraduate Enrollment

    Average YOY Growth Rate

  • 10.8 %
    Undergraduate Enrollment

    Total Enrollment Growth 2016-2025

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Total Undergraduate Enrollment by Year

Source: Census Data, Institutional Research Enrollment Factbook

Undergraduate Enrollment Fall Semester (2016-2025)

Fall semester undergraduate enrollment from 2016-2025
Fall semester undergraduate enrollment from 2016-2025
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Part-time students 67 86 77 66 105 78 81 76 89 84
Full-time students 6209 6199 6300 6190 6131 6465 6716 6887 6974 6867
Note: Full-time & part-time undergraduate enrollment, Fall 2016 - Fall 2025

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Data Highlight: Largest Majors

Based on the Spring 2025 total count of declared majors. Comprehensive enrollment data by major are also available for this period below.

  • 503
    Psychology
  • 492
    Biology
  • 475
    Economics
  • 441
    Government
  • 387
    Computer Science
  • 354
    History
  • 325
    Kinesiology & Health Sciences
  • 314
    International Relations

Data Set

Undergraduate Enrollment by Major

Data source: Census data, Institutional Research

Undergraduate enrollment by major 2022-2025

College of Arts & Sciences


Undergraduate enrollment by major 2022-2025
2022 2023 2024 2025
College of Arts & Sciences 6614 6680 6773 6732
American Studies 10 11 6 11
Anthropology 44 55 45 45
Art and Art History 46 54 48 44
Biology 300 325 323 359
Chemistry 101 128 117 125
Chinese Lang & Culture 14 22 24 21
Classical Studies 45 39 33 38
Comp & App Math & Stats 33 41 58 57
Economics 219 226 322 339
English 114 138 154 139
French & Francophone Studies 16 20 19 14
Geology 49 49 51 47
German Studies [1] 9 10 1 0
Global Studies 37 33 30 23
Government 329 291 295 320
Hispanic Studies 27 23 22 22
History 229 254 262 233
Human Health & Physiology [2] 0 0 0 28
Interdisciplinary Studies [3] 153 171 191 184
International Relations 216 219 218 202
Japanese Studies 13 17 20 20
Kinesiology & Health Sciences 241 237 235 186
Linguistics 49 58 42 37
Mathematics 85 101 108 120
Music 20 13 22 38
Neuroscience 176 168 175 194
Philosophy 48 43 54 50
Psychology 322 346 363 336
Public Health [2] 0 0 0 21
Public Policy 91 104 104 114
Religious Studies 14 17 10 9
Sociology 86 81 67 67
Theatre 10 20 22 20
Unclassified 31 28 26 20
Undeclared 3,437 3,338 3,306 3,249
Undergraduate enrollment by major 2022-2025
[1] Beginning in Fall 2025, German Studies is offered as a minor.
[2] Majors such as Public Health and Human Health and Physiology are new degree programs in the College of Arts and Sciences, launched in Fall 2025 to address critical needs in the fields of human and public health.
[3] Interdisciplinary Studies include majors in Africana Studies; Environment & Sustainability; Film & Media Studies; Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies; Integrative Conservation; Medieval & Renaissance Studies and Self-Designed majors.

Raymond A. Mason School of Business

Undergraduate enrollment by major 2022-2025
2022 2023 2024 2025
Raymond A. Mason School of Business 407 421 426 403
Accounting 49 68 79 86
Bus Analytics Data Science 77 76 81 71
Bus Analytics Supply Chain 11 4 7 3
Finance 180 195 192 181
Marketing 90 78 67 62

School of Education

Undergraduate enrollment by major 2022-2025
2022 2023 2024 2025
Elementary Education  21 31 34 42

School of Computing, Data Sciences & Physics

Undergraduate enrollment by major 2022-2025
2022 2023 2024 2025
School of Computing, Data Sciences & Physics [4] 394 452 521 503
Computer Science 224 265 292 269
Data Science 90 111 146 146
Physics 80 76 83 88
Undergraduate enrollment by major 2022-2025
[4] Historical enrollment data before Fall 2025 of majors from Computer Science, Data Science and Physics were part of A&S.

 

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Full Data Sets

Bachelor's Degrees Conferred 

Source: Census data, Institutional Research 
Note: Each year includes the preceding Summer and Fall terms as well as the Spring term of that calendar year. For example, 2016 refers to Summer 2015, Fall 2015, and Spring 2016. Because students may declare multiple majors, these counts reflect major declarations rather than unique students.

Bachelor's Degrees Conferred 2016-2025 by Areas of Major 

 

Bachelor's Degrees Conferred by Schools and Areas of Major 2022-2025 

Bachelor's Degrees by Major 2022-2025

College of Arts & Sciences

College of Arts & Sciences  1788 1785 1837 2068
Arts & Humanities  490 454 501 529
Art & Art History 19 20 27 25
Chinese Language & Culture 5 9 10 12
Classical Studies 14 19 20 12
English 73 51 70 87
French & Francophone Studies 14 16 8 17
German Studies 1 4 8 2
Global Studies 27 23 24 23
Hispanic Studies 16 16 16 20
Interdisciplinary Studies 110 86 101 114
Japanese Studies 5 5 9 11
Linguistics 22 23 34 25
Music 18 17 5 10
Philosophy 35 25 30 30
Religious Studies 14 9 10 7
Theatre 5 6 7 13
Kinesiology & Health Sciences 112 125 122 121
Social Sciences  717 811 761 875
American Studies 11 6 10 5
Anthropology 26 18 31 25
Government 142 190 168 160
History 99 114 129 151
International Relations 76 95 78 97
Psychology 158 181 156 204
Public Policy 52 48 54 49
Economics [1] 119 122 88 147
Sociology 34 37 47 37
Natural, Physical & Computational Sciences [2] 581 520 575 664
Biology 161 139 181 149
Chemistry 52 41 48 63
Computational & Applied Mathematics & Statistics 22 18 16 29
Computer Science [3] 93 95 100 151
Data Science [3] 35 49 52 72
Geology 30 23 20 26
Mathematics 81 48 50 55
Neuroscience 69 67 74 77
Physics [3] 38 40 34 42
[1] Beginning in Academic Year 2025–2026, Economics is considered a STEM major.
[2]  Natural, Physical & Computational Sciences are  STEM majors.
[3] Beginning in Academic Year 2025–2026, these majors are part of the School of Computing, Data Sciences, and Physics.

Raymond A. Mason School of Business

Bachelor's Degrees by Major 2022-2025
2022 2023 2024 2025
Raymond A. Mason School of Business  239 200 201 254
Accounting 32 24 29 46
Bus Analytics Data Science 55 44 39 53
Bus Analytics Supply Chain 14 8 2 4
Finance 91 84 95 108
Marketing 47 40 36 43

School of Education

Bachelor's Degrees by Major 2022-2025
2022 2023 2024 2025
School of Education 3 9 8 15

Data Highlight: College of Arts & Sciences

Source: Census Data, Institutional Research
Note: Beginning in Academic Year 2025–2026, majors in area of Natural, Physical & Computational Sciences, such as Physics, Data Science, Applied Science, and Computer Science, will be part of the School of Computing, Data Sciences, and Physics. Since students may declare multiple majors, the number of students is not unique.  Year includes leading Summer, Fall and Spring. For instance, 2016 refers to Summer 2015, Fall 2015 and Spring 2016.

Data Highlight: Raymond A. Mason School of Business

In the 2024-2025 academic year, the Raymond A. Mason School of Business conferred 10% of the university's undergraduate degrees. The following shows the distribution of those degrees conferred in 2025 by major. 

Source: Census Data, Institutional Research

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