South Bend Times

About 30 percent of the 3,663 degrees and certificates handed out by the University of Notre Dame in 2017-18 were to students in business, management, marketing, and related support services programs, making them the most popular programs that year, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.

The agency's National Center for Education Statistics shows the private not-for-profit institution in Dame conferred 647 bachelor's degrees and 453 master's degrees in business, management, marketing, and related support services programs.

But the single most popular program was for a bachelor's degree in general finance. Data shows the school gave out 273 bachelor's degrees in general finance, followed by 250 master's degrees in general business administration and management and 206 doctor's degrees in law.

The university enrolled 12,607 students for 2017-18, including 8,617 in undergraduate programs and 3,990 in graduate programs.

Program	Bachelor's degrees awarded	Graduate and professional degrees awarded	Total degrees and certificates awarded	Percent of total
Finance, General	273	26	299
Business Administration and Management, General	-	250	250
Accounting	134	91	225
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	104	-	104
Business/Commerce, General	47	44	91
Management Information Systems, General	89	-	89
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other	-	21	21
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	-	21	21
Management Science	-	-	-
Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other	-	-	-
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services total	647	453	1,100	30
Mechanical Engineering	141	24	165
Chemical Engineering	111	20	131
Computer Engineering, General	19	39	58
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	24	29	53
Engineering Science	-	44	44
Civil Engineering, General	27	14	41
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering	35	4	39
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	16	-	16
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	-	7	7
Engineering, Other	-	-	-
Engineering, General	-	-	-
Engineering total	373	181	554	15.1
Political Science and Government, General	98	30	128
Economics, General	79	6	85
Sociology	23	15	38
Anthropology	21	-	21
Social Sciences, Other	-	-	-
Social Sciences total	221	51	272	7.4
Law	-	206	206
Advanced Legal Research/Studies, General	-	40	40
Intellectual Property Law	-	-	-
Legal Professions and Studies total	-	246	246	6.7
Neuroscience	115	-	115
Biology/Biological Sciences, General	54	31	85
Biochemistry	19	16	35
Biomedical Sciences, General	-	3	3
Biophysics	-	-	-
Biological And Biomedical Sciences total	188	50	238	6.5
Computer and Information Sciences, General	129	-	129
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other	3	-	3
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services total	132	-	132	3.6
Theology/Theological Studies	18	84	102
Religious/Sacred Music	-	15	15
Divinity/Ministry	-	11	11
Theology and Religious Vocations total	18	110	128	3.5
Biological and Physical Sciences	59	-	59
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	-	31	31
International/Global Studies	19	-	19
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution	-	8	8
Medieval and Renaissance Studies	-	4	4
Historic Preservation and Conservation	-	-	-
Computational Science	-	-	-
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies total	78	43	121	3.3
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	-	88	88
Educational Leadership and Administration, General	-	27	27
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education	-	-	-
Education total	-	115	115	3.1
Mathematics and Statistics, Other	28	32	60
Mathematics, General	32	16	48
Mathematics and Statistics	4	-	4
Applied Mathematics, General	-	-	-
Mathematics, Other	-	-	-
Mathematics and Statistics total	64	48	112	3.1
Physics, General	24	29	53
Chemistry, General	13	32	45
Physics, Other	3	-	3
Chemistry, Other	2	-	2
Chemical Physics	-	-	-
Physical Sciences total	42	61	103	2.8
Psychology, General	60	14	74
Research and Experimental Psychology, Other	-	13	13
Environmental Psychology	-	-	-
Psychology total	60	27	87	2.4
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General	33	-	33
Design and Visual Communications, General	17	2	19
Music, General	9	-	9
Fine/Studio Arts, General	3	4	7
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	2	-	2
Visual and Performing Arts total	64	6	70	1.9
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies	69	-	69
Health Professions and Related Programs total	69	-	69	1.9
English Language and Literature, General	42	15	57
Creative Writing	-	8	8
English Language and Literature/Letters total	42	23	65	1.8
Architecture	36	16	52
Architecture and Related Services total	36	16	52	1.4
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	47	-	47
General Studies	-	-	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities total	47	-	47	1.3
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General	7	3	10
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General	3	5	8
Comparative Literature	-	5	5
Spanish Language and Literature	4	1	5
Arabic Language and Literature	4	-	4
Japanese Language and Literature	4	-	4
Italian Language and Literature	1	2	3
Ancient/Classical Greek Language and Literature	2	-	2
Russian Language and Literature	2	-	2
German Language and Literature	1	-	1
French Language and Literature	1	-	1
Chinese Language and Literature	1	-	1
Latin Language and Literature	-	-	-
Celtic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	-	-	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics total	30	16	46	1.3
History, General	24	18	42
History total	24	18	42	1.2
Philosophy	11	22	33
Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other	4	-	4
Christian Studies	-	4	4
Philosophy and Religious Studies total	15	26	41	1.1
American/United States Studies/Civilization	11	-	11
Women's Studies	1	-	1
African-American/Black Studies	1	-	1
Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies	-	-	-
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies, Other	-	-	-
Russian Studies	-	-	-
Asian Studies/Civilization	-	-	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender and Group Studies total	13	-	13	0.4
Environmental Science	10	-	10
Natural Resources and Conservation total	10	-	10	0.3
Public Administration	-	-	-
Public Administration and Social Service Professions total	-	-	-	-