Most popular majors

Colleges & Universities Rice University
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<p>What majors are most popular at Rice? Economics seems to be a popular major in all schools, but how large are Economics classes?</p>

<p>Also, are there any special things I could do to make Rice notice me or send me some additional information? I can’t find any mail brochures or anything online that I can subscribe to</p>

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<p>These are older statistics:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~instresr/ricestatistics/Pages/Major04.html[/url]”>http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~instresr/ricestatistics/Pages/Major04.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I don’t know if newer ones exist. A rather unofficial way to get ballpark estimates these days about majors is to join the Rice facebook network and do searches for majors in a given year. </p>

<p>About how to get Rice to notice - just be yourself. If you’re creative, don’t be afraid to show that ;). And definitely interview, if not on campus, with an alumnus/alumna in your area.</p>

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<p>Here is the 2006 survey results:
<a href=“http://cohesion.rice.edu/Administration/CareerServices/emplibrary/PostGraduateSurvey2006.pdf[/url]”>http://cohesion.rice.edu/Administration/CareerServices/emplibrary/PostGraduateSurvey2006.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Here is the form you fill out to receive information:</p>

<p><a href=“https://admit.rice.edu/RiceAdmission/UgInquiry.cfm[/url]”>https://admit.rice.edu/RiceAdmission/UgInquiry.cfm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I hope that works for you. If it doesn’t, you can go to admissions page on the Rice.edu site and there is a side bar that says “request information.” </p>

<p>Good luck with everything.</p>

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<p>thank you very much</p>

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<p>Here is what I found on the “Report to the President” for 2007
(It might be the same info that is on the link posted above)</p>

<p>The following table lists the number of bachelors degrees that were awarded in a given
major from 2003-2006 ordered by 2006 frequency:
Major 2003 2004 2005 2006
Biochemistry and Cell Biology — — 8 61
Kinesiology 42 43 36 48
Economics 72 73 66 47
Psychology 66 42 56 47
English 60 56 57 46
Bioengineering 22 33 29 39
Electrical & Computer Engineering 65 49 31 34
History 32 52 36 34
Political Science 49 50 59 32
Mechanical Engineering 26 29 29 31</p>