Table 28: Year to Year Change in Majors, By Departments (from 2009 to 2010)
MAJORS BY DEPARTMENT | Prior Year (2009) | Current Year (2010) | Ratio of New to Continuing Majors | Changed Major | Left Hunter | Changed Major or Left Hunter |
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New | Continuing | Graduated | Changed Major | Left Hunter |
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Anthropology | 147 | 55 | 79 | 43 | 7 | 18 | 0.7 |
4.8 | 12.2 | 17.0 |
Art | 393 | 155 | 215 | 97 | 3 | 78 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 19.8 | 20.6 |
Biology | 294 | 228 | 120 | 54 | 44 | 76 | 1.9 | 15.0 | 25.9 | 40.8 |
Black & Puerto Rican Studies | 53 | 11 | 31 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0.4 | 17.0 | 5.7 | 22.6 |
Chemistry | 246 | 112 | 134 | 64 | 17 | 31 | 0.8 | 6.9 | 12.6 | 19.5 |
Childhood Ed (1-6) | 120 | 20 | 85 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 3.3 |
Classical & Oriental Studies | 126 | 66 | 60 | 34 | 9 | 23 | 1.1 | 7.1 | 18.3 | 25.4 |
Computer Science | 96 | 53 | 60 | 26 | 7 | 20 | 0.9 | 7.3 | 20.8 | 28.1 |
Dance | 66 | 6 | 47 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0.1 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 7.6 |
Economics | 805 | 276 | 473 | 189 | 19 | 124 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 15.4 | 17.3 |
English | 998 | 550 | 478 | 314 | 18 | 188 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 18.8 | 20.6 |
Film & Media Studies | 601 | 330 | 285 | 172 | 11 | 133 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 22.1 | 24.0 |
Geography | 146 | 70 | 76 | 33 | 10 | 27 | 0.9 | 6.8 | 18.5 | 25.3 |
German | 18 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 16.7 |
Health Sciences | 250 | 113 | 134 | 73 | 6 | 37 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 14.8 | 17.2 |
History | 232 | 112 | 113 | 57 | 15 | 40 | 1.0 | 6.5 | 17.2 | 23.7 |
Mathematics | 124 | 93 | 43 | 42 | 7 | 44 | 2.2 | 5.6 | 35.5 | 41.1 |
Music | 121 | 30 | 80 | 22 | 1 | 18 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 14.9 | 15.7 |
Nursing | 362 | 356 | 91 | 210 | 1 | 60 | 3.9 | 0.3 | 16.6 | 16.9 |
Philosophy & Religion | 146 | 45 | 81 | 46 | 3 | 16 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 11.0 | 13.0 |
Physics & Astronomy | 19 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6.8 | 10.5 | 57.9 | 68.4 |
Political Science | 468 | 74 | 310 | 130 | 9 | 11 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 4.3 |
Psychology | 1,360 | 1202 | 419 | 544 | 48 | 349 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 25.7 | 29.2 |
Romance Languages | 163 | 101 | 58 | 58 | 17 | 30 | 1.7 | 10.4 | 18.4 | 28.8 |
Sociology | 414 | 255 | 167 | 141 | 12 | 94 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 22.7 | 25.6 |
Special Honors | 200 | 99 | 100 | 62 | 9 | 29 | 1.0 | 4.5 | 14.5 | 19.0 |
Theatre | 81 | 69 | 30 | 32 | 5 | 14 | 2.3 | 6.2 | 17.3 | 23.5 |
Urban Studies | 57 | 27 | 28 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 |
Women's Studies | 52 | 52 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 11 | 3.1 | 13.5 | 21.2 | 34.6 |
Source: CUNY IRDB, CUNY Show Files, F09 - F10
Note: Majors with 10 or more students shown