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Table 28: Year to Year Change in Majors By Department (from 2011 to 2012)
| MAJORS BY DEPARTMENT |
Prior Year (2011) |
Current Year (2012) |
Ratio of New to Continuing Majors |
Summary (%) |
| New |
Continuing |
Graduated |
Changed Major |
Left Hunter |
Changed Major |
Left Hunter |
Changed or Left |
| Anthropology |
134 |
77 |
49 |
43 |
5 |
32 |
1.6 |
3.7 |
23.9 |
27.6 |
| Art |
364 |
184 |
151 |
85 |
6 |
122 |
1.2 |
1.6 |
33.5 |
35.2 |
| Biology |
346 |
169 |
177 |
51 |
36 |
82 |
1.0 |
10.4 |
23.7 |
34.1 |
| Black & Puerto Rican Studies |
43 |
30 |
8 |
14 |
0 |
21 |
3.8 |
0.0 |
48.8 |
48.8 |
| Chemistry |
265 |
140 |
146 |
47 |
22 |
50 |
1.0 |
8.3 |
18.9 |
27.2 |
| Childhood Ed (1-6) |
94 |
43 |
57 |
51 |
0 |
11 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
11.7 |
11.7 |
| Classical & Oriental Studies |
125 |
77 |
47 |
26 |
5 |
47 |
1.6 |
4.0 |
37.6 |
41.6 |
| Computer Science |
148 |
79 |
88 |
23 |
13 |
24 |
0.9 |
8.8 |
16.2 |
25.0 |
| Dance |
65 |
38 |
27 |
14 |
3 |
24 |
1.4 |
4.6 |
36.9 |
41.5 |
| Economics |
743 |
341 |
374 |
171 |
16 |
182 |
0.9 |
2.2 |
24.5 |
26.6 |
| English |
1,013 |
562 |
447 |
340 |
19 |
207 |
1.3 |
1.9 |
20.4 |
22.3 |
| Film & Media Studies |
597 |
334 |
253 |
177 |
13 |
154 |
1.3 |
2.2 |
25.8 |
28.0 |
| Geography |
164 |
64 |
80 |
31 |
11 |
42 |
0.8 |
6.7 |
25.6 |
32.3 |
| German |
19 |
17 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
7 |
3.4 |
10.5 |
36.8 |
47.4 |
| Health Sciences |
217 |
84 |
122 |
73 |
6 |
16 |
0.7 |
2.8 |
7.4 |
10.1 |
| History |
221 |
99 |
107 |
59 |
13 |
42 |
0.9 |
5.9 |
19.0 |
24.9 |
| Mathematics |
160 |
114 |
81 |
26 |
4 |
49 |
1.4 |
2.5 |
30.6 |
33.1 |
| Music |
130 |
71 |
74 |
23 |
5 |
28 |
1.0 |
3.8 |
21.5 |
25.4 |
| Nursing |
425 |
157 |
188 |
183 |
2 |
52 |
0.8 |
0.5 |
12.2 |
12.7 |
| Philosophy & Religion |
128 |
102 |
51 |
19 |
3 |
55 |
2.0 |
2.3 |
43.0 |
45.3 |
| Physics & Astronomy |
36 |
22 |
18 |
6 |
4 |
8 |
1.2 |
11.1 |
22.2 |
33.3 |
| Political Science |
346 |
212 |
127 |
100 |
10 |
109 |
1.7 |
2.9 |
31.5 |
34.4 |
| Psychology |
1,977 |
1,087 |
1,039 |
467 |
65 |
406 |
1.0 |
3.3 |
20.5 |
23.8 |
| Romance Languages |
173 |
106 |
62 |
23 |
6 |
82 |
1.7 |
3.5 |
47.4 |
50.9 |
| Sociology |
431 |
300 |
192 |
104 |
19 |
116 |
1.6 |
4.4 |
26.9 |
31.3 |
| Special Honors |
207 |
117 |
107 |
80 |
5 |
15 |
1.1 |
2.4 |
7.2 |
9.7 |
| Theatre |
96 |
42 |
39 |
28 |
3 |
4 |
1.1 |
3.1 |
4.2 |
7.3 |
| Urban Studies |
47 |
52 |
13 |
19 |
2 |
13 |
4.0 |
4.3 |
27.7 |
31.9 |
| Women's Studies |
68 |
58 |
21 |
19 |
7 |
21 |
2.8 |
10.3 |
30.9 |
41.2 |
| Note: Majors with 10 or more students shown |
| Source: CUNY Graduation Files, AY2011-12, CUNY Show Files, F11 - F12 |
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