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 2023 graduates at each of the eight Ivies (which is the most recent data on record as of 2025):

Most Popular Majors at Brown University

Major	Percentage of 2023 Graduates
Computer Science	14%
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	11%
Applied Mathematics, General	9%
International Relations and Affairs	8%
Biology/Biological Sciences, General	7%
Engineering, General	5%
English Language and Literature, General	5%
Public Health, General	5%
Neuroscience	4%
History, General	4%

Most Popular Majors at Columbia University

Columbia University, then 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 2023 graduates’ most popular majors to the publication for its most recent rankings.

Most Popular Majors at Cornell University

Major	Percentage of 2023 Graduates
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services	17%
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services	15%
Engineering	14%
Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields	12%
Biological and Biomedical Sciences	12%
Social Sciences	7%
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences	3%
Physical Sciences	3%
Architecture and Related Services	3%
Mathematics and Statistics	2%

Most Popular Majors at Dartmouth College

Major	Percentage of 2023 Graduates
Social Sciences	31%
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services	9%
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	9%
Biological and Biomedical Sciences	9%
Mathematics and Statistics	8%
Engineering	6%
Visual and Performing Arts	4%
Physical Sciences	4%
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	4%
Major	Percentage of 2023 Graduates

Most Popular Majors at Harvard University

Major	Percentage of 2023 Graduates
Social Sciences, General	29%
Biology & Biomedical Sciences	12%
Mathematics and Statistics	11%
Computer and Information Sciences, General	10%
History	9%
Physical Sciences	8%
Psychology	5%
Engineering	5%
Visual and Performing Arts, General	3%
English Language and Literature/Letters	2%

Most Popular Majors at Princeton University

Major	Percentage of 2023 Graduates
Social Sciences	20%
Engineering	16%
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services	16%
Biological and Biomedical Sciences	9%
Public Administration and Social Service Professions	9%
Physical Sciences	6%
History	6%
Psychology	4%
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	4%
Mathematics and Statistics	3%

Most Popular Majors at the University of Pennsylvania

Major	Percentage of 2023 Graduates
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services	20%
Social Sciences	16%
Biological and Biomedical Sciences	11%
Engineering	9%
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services	8%
Philosophy and Religious Studies	6%
Health Professions and Related Programs	6%
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	5%
Physical Sciences	3%
Psychology	3%

Most Popular Majors at Yale University

Major	Percentage of 2023 Graduates
Social Sciences	22%
Biological and Biomedical Sciences	11%
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services	10%
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	8%
Mathematics and Statistics	7%
Engineering	6%
History	6%
Visual and Performing Arts	5%
Psychology	4%

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.