What are the most popular majors at the Ivy League schools? While Ivy League schools often include the most popular intended majors in their press releases about their incoming classes, students’ intentions can change. It would thus be more accurate to analyze the majors of recent graduates. So, what were the most popular majors among graduates at each of the eight Ivy League schools?

Top Majors By Percent of Graduates at Ivy League Schools

As classified by US News & World Report, the following were the most popular major categories — groups that include all related fields — among 2022 graduates at each of the eight Ivies:

Major	Percentage of 2022 Graduates
Computer Science	15%
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	13%
Applied Mathematics, General	10%
Biology/Biological Sciences, General	7%
International Relations and Affairs	6%
History, General	5%
Engineering, General	5%
Public Health, General	4%
English Language and Literature, General	4%
Political Science and Government, General	4%

Most Popular Majors at Brown UniversityMost Popular Majors at Columbia University

Columbia University, mired in a scandal in which the school misreported data to US News & World Report, in seemingly an act of protest, did not report data on its 2022 graduates’ most popular majors to the publication for its 2023 rankings.

Most Popular Majors at Cornell University

Major	Percentage of 2022 Graduates
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services	17%
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services	13%
Engineering	13%
Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields	10%
Social Sciences	8%
Physical Sciences	3%
Architecture and Related Services	3%
Natural Resources and Conservation	3%
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs	2%
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences	2%

Most Popular Majors at Dartmouth College

Major	Percentage of 2022 Graduates
Social Sciences	32%
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services	10%
Engineering	9%
Mathematics and Statistics	9%
Biological and Biomedical Sciences	7%
Psychology	6%
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies	5%
Visual and Performing Arts	5%
History	3%
Natural Resources and Conservation	3%

Most Popular Majors at Harvard University

Major	Percentage of 2022 Graduates
Social Sciences, General	26%
Biology/Biological Sciences, General	14%
Mathematics, General	12%
Computer and Information Sciences, General	11%
History, General	9%
Physical Sciences, General	6%
Engineering, General	5%
Psychology, General	4%
Visual and Performing Arts, General	4%
English Language and Literature, General	3%

Most Popular Majors at Princeton University

Major	Percentage of 2022 Graduates
Social Sciences	20%
Engineering	18%
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services	14%
Biological and Biomedical Sciences	10%
Public Administration and Social Service Professions	10%
Physical Sciences	6%
History	5%
English Language and Literature/Letters	3%
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	3%
Psychology	3%

Most Popular Majors at the University of Pennsylvania

Major	Percentage of 2022 Graduates
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services	19%
Social Sciences	14%
Biological and Biomedical Sciences	11%
Health Professions and Related Programs	9%
Engineering	9%
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services	9%
Philosophy and Religious Studies	7%
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	4%
Physical Sciences	3%

Most Popular Majors at Yale University

Major	Percentage of 2022 Graduates
Social Sciences	26%
Biological and Biomedical Sciences	11%
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services	8%
Mathematics and Statistics	8%
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	7%
History	6%
Engineering	5%
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies	5%
Psychology	5%
Visual and Performing Arts	5%

Overview of Ivy League’s Most Popular Majors

So, it’s the social sciences and computer science that really lead the pack among the Ivy League schools in terms of the most popular majors of recent graduates. Social sciences are the most popular majors at Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, and Yale, and the second-most popular majors at UPenn. Computer science-related disciplines at Brown and Cornell were the most popular majors and were the second-most popular at Dartmouth. We’ll report on Columbia’s most popular majors for its recent graduating class when it becomes available.