Important factors that affected American student major choice in 2018

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Veera Korhonen
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Aug 9, 2024
This statistic provides an insight into the beliefs of college students in regard to their choice of major and how that relates to their future career, in 2018. In 2018, about 85 percent of American students stated that they were happy with their major.

Perceptions of college students in the United States on their major choice and future career in 2018, by factor

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Statistic: Perceptions of college students in the United States on their major choice and future career in 2018, by factor

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Release date

June 2018

Region

North America, United States

Survey time period

March-April 2018

Number of respondents

1,000 respondents

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Students at two-and four-year public and private colleges, in all years of study and both in undergraduate and graduate programs

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