The 3 most popular majors at every Ivy League school

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Here’s what do undergraduates at the eight Ivy League schools like to study.

An Ivy League education is often thought to be a ticket to future successes. The most recent admissions numbers — with acceptance rates in the single digits — shows just how sought after a degree from their campuses can be.

So what do undergraduates at the eight Ivy League schools like to study? Turns out, it’s surprisingly similar no matter which school they attend.

At six of the eight schools, economics is the most popular major among students who graduated in 2016. The most popular major at the two outliers, Cornell University and the University of Pennsylvania, were engineering and finance, respectively.

Scroll down to see the top three most popular majors across the Ivy League.

Brown University

1. Economics 
2. Computer Science 
3. Biology 

Columbia University

1. Economics 
2. Political Science
3. Psychology 

 

 

Cornell University

1. Engineering 
2. Business, Management & Marketing
3. Biological and Biomedical Sciences 

 

Dartmouth College

1. Economics 
2. Government 
3. History 

Harvard University

1. Economics 
2. Government
3. Computer Science 

University of Pennsylvania

1. Finance 
2. Economics 
3. Nursing 

Princeton University

1. Economics
2. Woodrow Wilson School (policy making, analysis, and evaluation)
3. Computer Science 

 

Yale University

1. Economics 
2. Political Science 
3. History 

 

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