According to the National Center for Education Statistics, more than 330,000 students chose a business-degree course in 2010. Students majoring in business must take courses in economics, financing and accounting. Business students also take other courses involving computers and communication. The last two years of the major involve a specific focus on the area of business the student is most interested in. Jobs after graduating can include human resource management, entry -level accounting and entry-level analyst jobs.
National Center for Education Statistics says a degree in a social science was chosen by more than 160,000 students in 2010. Social sciences encompass a broad range of topics, including geology, history, economics and criminology. The broad topic of social sciences involves how we deal with people around the world and in our country through politics, economics or the land itself. After graduating, professions available to those with social science degrees include counselors, investigators, surveyors or cultural analysts.
The field of health sciences is incredibly wide-ranging and diverse, and the National Center for Education Statistics reports nearly 130,000 graduates in 2010. Health sciences include nursing, therapy and health diagnosis and treatment. These degrees typically lead to graduate studies. Beyond basic hospital jobs, those with health-science degrees can work in such industries as dentistry, pharmacology, optometry and massage therapy.
More than 100,000 college students in 2010 sought a degree in education, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. People taking courses toward an education degree typically want to become a teacher. The range of topics in the education field is broad. Education degrees can involve being able to teach basic subjects such as language, math and science. However, people can be trained to teach a diverse group of specialized subjects, including those offered in adult education, such as computer and information technology or English as a second language.