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Declarations of Majors by Women 1996 to 2006

# of majors declared (N=) 400 434 453 489 514 496 372 509 560 545 534
# of student with double majors 82 96 107 121 119 110 97 113 123 109 109
# of students with triple majors 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2
Fall of  1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
***Please note that the numbers below are percentages***                
Business Admin & Acct  5 6 5 2 6 6 6 5 6 6 5
Archaeology & Anthro 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1
Art 2 0   2              
Art History 2 3 2 7 2 2 3 4 5 4 5
Biochemistry               1 1 3 2
Biology              11 10 9 4 6 7 7 5 5 5 7
Business Admin       5 5 4 6 8 7 7 8 8 9 13
Chemistry            3 3 2   4 3 1 2 1   0
Chemistry-Engineering (inc. 3-3) 0 0   1           0 *
Classics             1 1 1   1 0 0 1 1 1 2
Cognitive Science                         
Computer Science     1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 *
East Asian Languages & Literature                   * 1
East Asian Studies   1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 * 0
Economics            4 4 6 8 8 10 9 6 5 3 4
English              11 8 7 8 9 8 8 8 9 8 6
Environmental Stds in Geol 0 0 1   0 0 0 0 0   0
French               3 4 4   2 3 4 3 1 1 2
Geology              1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2
Geology-Environmental Stds       2              
Geophysics                      
German                      
German Language      2 1 1 1 1   0 1 0 1 1
German Literature    0 0       0 0 0 0   *
History              6 4 6 6 4 5 7 5 4 5 4
Independent Work     0 0     0   0       0
Journalism&Mass Comm 11 10 12 12 11 9 6 9 10 9 9
Mathematics          2 3 2 2 4 4 3 2 1 2 2
Mediev & Renaiss Std 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1   0 *
Music 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1
Nat Science & Math   2 2 2                
Neuroscience         1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 2
Philosophy           1 1 0   1 1 1 2 1 2 3
Physics                  0   0     0 0 1 1
Physics-Engineering (inc. 3-3) 1 0 0   0 0 0 1 1 0 1
Politics             6 7 8 9 8 6 8 9 9 9 9
Psychology           6 6 6 7 6 4 8 9 8 8 7
Psychology-Biology-Sociology                      
Public Accounting                   * 1
Public Policy        1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0   *
Religion             2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1
Romance Languages    1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1
Russian Studies      1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 *
Sociology & Anthro   5 4 3 3 3 4 4 2 5 5 4
Spanish              3 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 2 1
Studio Art   1 1   0 1 1 2 3 3 2
Theatre/Drama 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1

 

 

  
      

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