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Table 28: Year to Year Change in Majors By Department (from 2012 to 2013)

MAJORS BY DEPARTMENT Prior Year (2012) Current Year (2013) Ratio of New to Continuing Majors Summary (%)
New Continuing Graduated Changed Major Left Hunter Changed Major Left Hunter Changed or Left
Anthropology 129 68 57 49 2 21 1.2 1.6 16.3 17.8
Art 335 146 169 87 7 72 0.9 2.1 21.5 23.6
Biology 399 230 162 82 50 105 1.4 12.5 26.3 38.8
Black & Puerto Rican Studies 48 23 13 16 6 13 1.8 12.5 27.1 39.6
Chemistry 312 172 193 52 19 48 0.9 6.1 15.4 21.5
Childhood Ed (1-6) 100 30 59 31 1 9 0.5 1.0 9.0 10.0
Classical & Oriental Studies 124 68 59 34 12 22 1.2 9.7 17.7 27.4
Computer Science 175 100 98 29 9 39 1.0 5.1 22.3 27.4
Dance 65 28 32 13 0 20 0.9 0.0 30.8 30.8
Economics 715 360 338 157 21 182 1.1 2.9 25.5 28.4
English 1,013 460 549 263 31 157 0.8 3.1 15.5 18.6
Film & Media Studies 587 279 246 164 7 170 1.1 1.2 29.0 30.2
Geography 144 53 78 37 8 21 0.7 5.6 14.6 20.1
German 22 11 10 6 0 6 1.1 0.0 27.3 27.3
Health Sciences 206 75 102 76 6 22 0.7 2.9 10.7 13.6
History 206 112 83 56 22 45 1.3 10.7 21.8 32.5
Mathematics 195 79 85 33 14 63 0.9 7.2 32.3 39.5
Music 145 57 92 23 7 23 0.6 4.8 15.9 20.7
Nursing 345 273 145 165 0 35 1.9 0.0 10.1 10.1
Philosophy 83 40 33 18 7 25 1.2 8.4 30.1 38.6
Physics & Astronomy 40 22 25 3 2 6 0.9 5.0 15.0 20.0
Political Science 339 167 164 95 19 61 1.0 5.6 18.0 23.6
Psychology 2,126 1,028 1,001 565 78 482 1.0 3.7 22.7 26.3
Religion 70 43 31 14 5 20 1.4 7.1 28.6 35.7
Romance Languages 168 72 52 43 24 49 1.4 14.3 29.2 43.5
Sociology 492 211 183 169 33 104 1.2 6.7 21.1 27.8
Special Honors 224 116 111 59 8 46 1.0 3.6 20.5 24.1
Theatre 81 42 32 29 5 15 1.3 6.2 18.5 24.7
Urban Studies 65 28 27 17 6 15 1.0 9.2 23.1 32.3
Women's Studies 79 42 22 33 7 17 1.9 8.9 21.5 30.4
Note: Majors with 10 or more students shown
Source: CUNY Graduation File, AY2012-13, CUNY Show Files, F12 - F13
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