Number of students in each major

Colleges & Universities University of California - Berkeley
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<p>The [Majors</a> and Degrees by Academic Program](<a href=“http://opa.berkeley.edu/analysesandreports/MajorsAndDegreesByAcadProgram.pdf]Majors”>http://opa.berkeley.edu/analysesandreports/MajorsAndDegreesByAcadProgram.pdf) found [url=<a href=“http://opa.berkeley.edu/analysesandreports/analyses.aspx]here[/url”>http://opa.berkeley.edu/analysesandreports/analyses.aspx]here[/url</a>] shows how many students are enrolled in (first half) and graduated from (second half) each degree program.</p>

<p>Some interesting trends can be noticed. For example, L&S Computer Science bachelor’s degrees shrank greatly after 2004. That was the last class that entered during the tech bubble; the subsequent crash may have reduced the incentive to major in Computer Science for subsequent freshmen.</p>

<p>[url=<a href=“http://www.aim.ucla.edu/aprs/apbaprs.asp]UCLA[/url”>http://www.aim.ucla.edu/aprs/apbaprs.asp]UCLA[/url</a>] has some similar information, but also includes GPAs for each major (so that pre-med and pre-law students can look for the majors with the most grade inflation – contrary to national trends, UCLA Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology has a relatively high GPA at 3.40, perhaps a good thing for UCLA pre-meds in that major).</p>

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<p>Thanks for the link. It’s really helpful. I was always curious on the numbers.</p>

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<p>there is a problem with the GPA reasoning above – these are for the SURVIVORS, not all the Bio students.</p>

<p>I’m assuming there are 2-3 weeder classes in Molectular, Cell and Developmental Bio. Since students are often of “undeclared” status at he time that they receive a C, D, or F in the intro BIO course, their grades never make it onto this chart which is for DECLARED BIO majors. </p>

<p>My guess is that if you were to see a published GPA of all enrollees in all BIo classes, (including the Bio hopefuls who are weeded out) not just Declared Bio majors, the GPA for all enrollees into the classes would be closer to 3.0</p>