College Magazine’s Top 10 Colleges for Music Majors
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We love college advisors—we really do—but we don’t love that you can’t visit with them in pajamas from the comfort of your own bed. Explore your options for college with these guides to all college majors. You won’t even need to wipe the Cheeto dust off your hands to do it.
No, you can’t major in partying even if social media makes that look like an option. But you can major in fashion merchandising a la Elle Woods. Or take your art abilities to a graphic design class and wow the prof on day one.
Our major guides include reviews from students and alumni in that major, information about the classes you’ll take and descriptions of related careers to help you find an answer to assuage your parents.
Read more about the most popular and best earning college majors
A-I
- Accounting
- Advertising
- American Studies
- Animal Sciences
- Anthropology
- Applied Physiology and Kinesiology
- Architecture
- Art
- Art History
- Astrophysics
- Baking and Pastry Arts
- Ballet Performance
- Biobehavioral Health
- Biochemistry
- Biology
- Broadcast Journalism
- Business
- Chemistry
- Chicano Studies
- Classics
- Communication Studies
- Computer Science
- Creative Writing
- Criminology
- Culinary Arts
- Dance
- Dietetics
- Digital Media Productions
- Drama
- Economics
- Education
- Engineering
- English
- Entomology
- Environmental Studies
- Exercise Science
- Family, Youth, and Community Sciences
- Fashion Merchandising
- Film and Digital Arts
- Finance
- Fire Science
- Folklore
- Food Science
- Foreign Affairs
- Foreign Language
- French
- Gender Studies
- Geography
- Geology
- Graphic Design
- Health Care
- Hispanic Studies
- History
- Hospitality
- Information Management
- Interior Design
- International Relations
J-R
- Jazz Studies
- Jewish Studies
- Journalism
- Kinesiology
- Languages and Literature
- Law and Legal Studies
- Law, Societies and Justice
- Linguistics
- Human Resources
- Marketing
- Math
- Media Studies
- Meteorology
- Museum Studies
- Music
- Music Education
- Music Performance
- Music Therapy
- Neuroscience and Behavior
- Nursing
- Peace and Conflict Studies
- Pharmacy
- Philosophy
- Photography
- Photojournalism
- Physics
- Policy Studies
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Public Health
- Public Relations
- Recreation, Tourism and Events
- Religious Studies
S-Z
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10 Questions to Ask in an Interview for Your Summer Internship
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Dear Me, Don’t Forget Why You Chose to Start Your Journalistic Journey
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Why I Switched from Psychology to Communication
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The Survival Guide to the Songwriting Major
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CM’S Guide to the Asian American Studies Major
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Every Class I Took for My English Major
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How One Class Set Me On The Path To Becoming A Broadcast Journalist
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10 Post-College Career Options for Communication Majors
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College Magazine’s Top 10 Undergrad Business Schools
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Where Fashion Meets Business: CM’s Guide to the Retail Entrepreneurship Major
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CM’s Top 13 PR Jobs that Will Keep You on the Edge of your Desk Chair
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How Failing My Classes Changed My Life… In a Good Way
I hear people say, “You must fail in order to succeed,” but I never thought much of it. I mean, why …
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The Top 10 Best Books to Read to Shed A Few Tears
Did you ever decide to try out a new book and suddenly found yourself with strong emotions, unable …
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Top 10 Things to Know About the English Major at Hofstra University
Choosing and designing your major at university is, in my opinion, an extremely personal decision. …
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Hope and the Middle East: Thoughts on Afghanistan
For most of us, the Middle East seems like a far-off land, enamored in conflict practically since we …
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Top 10 UCLA Classes That’ll Make You Consider Majoring in English
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College Magazine’s Top 10 Colleges for the Food Science Major
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The Ultimate Covid-19 Guide to the Business Major
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