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Northwestern University: Complete List of Majors Offered

Majors with graduates in 2018-19

Name As Major As Minor
TotalMenWomen Total
Natural Resources And Conservation
Environmental Science 11 3 8 5
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, And Group Studies
American/United States Studies/Civilization 7 3 4 2
Asian Studies/Civilization 1 0 1 0
African-American/Black Studies 1 0 1 4 0
Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies 10
Asian-American Studies 4 2 2 0
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies, Other 7 2 5 1
Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs
Speech Communication and Rhetoric 96 26 70 0
Journalism 178 57 121 0
Radio and Television 83 46 37 0
Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services
Computer and Information Sciences, General 1 1 0 0
Information Science/Studies 46 35 11 12
Computer Science 82 57 25 0
Education
Learning Sciences 7 2 5 0
Secondary Education and Teaching 8 5 3 0
Music Teacher Education 4 2 2 1
Engineering
Engineering, General 9 7 2 0
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering 68 34 34 0
Chemical Engineering 36 22 14 0
Civil Engineering, General 7 5 2 0
Computer Engineering, General 16 15 1 0
Electrical and Electronics Engineering 14 11 3 0
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering 2 1 1 0
Materials Engineering 20 14 6 0
Mechanical Engineering 83 62 21 0
Industrial Engineering 83 58 25 0
Manufacturing Engineering 35 19 16 0
Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics
Linguistics 5 0 5 3
Comparative Literature 2 2 0 2
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 4 2 2 1 0
Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 1
German Language and Literature 1 0 1 5
French Language and Literature 8 1 7 5
Spanish Language and Literature 6 3 3 4
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 1 1 0 0
Legal Professions And Studies
Legal Studies 8 3 5 16
English Language And Literature/Letters
English Language and Literature, General 37 7 30 27
Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies 1 1 0 0
Biological And Biomedical Sciences
Biology/Biological Sciences, General 91 47 44 13
Neuroscience 102 36 66 10
Mathematics And Statistics
Mathematics, General 38 27 11 16
Applied Mathematics, General 17 11 6
Computational and Applied Mathematics 41
Statistics, General 24 11 13 24
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
Biological and Physical Sciences 12 10 2 2 0
Science, Technology and Society 10
Philosophy And Religious Studies
Philosophy 11 8 3 7
Religion/Religious Studies 4 0 4 1
Physical Sciences
Chemistry, General 12 6 6 4
Geology/Earth Science, General 3 1 2 2
Physics, General 9 4 5 10
Materials Science 1 1 0 0
Psychology
Psychology, General 107 30 77 46
Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics 7 1 6 3
Psychology, Other 31 1 30 0
Public Administration And Social Service Professions
Community Organization and Advocacy 73 30 43 0
Public Policy Analysis, General 33 9 24 0
Social Sciences
Anthropology, General 16 4 12 2
Economics, General 5 4 1 0
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics 263 181 82 101 0
Geography 7 0
International Relations and Affairs 59
Political Science and Government, General 79 42 37 44
Sociology, General 17 7 10 9
Visual And Performing Arts
Dance, General 3 1 2 0
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General 104 43 61 0
Art/Art Studies, General 1 1 0 4
Art History, Criticism and Conservation 6 2 4 7
Music, General 17 10 7 15
Music Performance, General 24 17 7 2
Music Theory and Composition 2 1 1 1
Musicology and Ethnomusicology 1 1 0 1
Keyboard Instruments 5 4 1 0
Voice and Opera 15 7 8 1
Jazz/Jazz Studies 1 1 0 0
Stringed Instruments 9 4 5 0
Health Professions And Related Programs
Communication Sciences and Disorders, General 10 3 7
International Public Health/International Health 30
Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
Organizational Behavior Studies 13 4 9 0
History
History, General 32 22 10 19

Majors with no graduates in 2018

  • Environmental Studies
  • Architecture and Related Services, Other
  • African Studies
  • European Studies/Civilization
  • Near and Middle Eastern Studies
  • Area Studies, Other
  • Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies
  • Women's Studies
  • Communication and Media Studies, Other
  • Radio, Television, and Digital Communication, Other
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Education, General
  • Education/Teaching of Individuals with Specific Learning Disabilities
  • Engineering Science
  • Engineering, Other
  • East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • Italian Language and Literature
  • Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • Creative Writing
  • General Studies
  • Ecology
  • Computational and Applied Mathematics
  • Science, Technology and Society
  • Sustainability Studies
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
  • Jewish/Judaic Studies
  • Community Psychology
  • Social Sciences, General
  • Geography
  • International Relations and Affairs
  • Urban Studies/Affairs
  • Visual and Performing Arts, General
  • Theatre Literature, History and Criticism
  • Musical Theatre
  • Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, Other
  • Music, Other
  • Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies
  • International Public Health/International Health
  • Business/Commerce, General
  • Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies