Degree and Majors Offered By Boston University, Plus Academic Programs & Fields of Study

Majors & Fields of Study at Boston University

Boston University offers 122 distinct undergraduate degrees, concentrated into 72 majors within 22 broad fields of study. Across all areas of study, Boston University awarded 4,495 undergraduate degrees in 2015 - 2016.

79 degrees were awarded to online students.

None of the awards was for a degree at the associate level (2-Year).

A significant percentage of degrees (18.0%) were awarded to foreign nationals.

1,816 degrees were awarded to men.

Domestic Ethnicity of Graduates

The following chart and table show how the 3,701 undergraduate awards given to U.S. citizens were distributed at Boston University.

White Americans

2,121

Asian Americans

622

Other Americans

406

Hispanic Americans

398

African Americans

144

Pacific Island / Native Hawaiian Americans

Native Americans

All the Fields of Study Offered At This School.

Below are all fields of study offered at Boston University. Click a field of study below for more information, the related majors and the focus areas within the field.

All Graduations
Degrees Offered Online

2015 - 2016 Fields of Study	Bachelors Degrees	Ranking Within Field	Average Starting Salary
Architecture & Related Services	10	N/A	$43,000
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies	23	60	$41,000
Biological & Biomedical Sciences	355	54	$37,000
Business, Management & Marketing	895	73	$48,000
Communication & Journalism	594	10	$41,000
Computer & Information Sciences	126	84	$60,000
Education	98	25	$39,000
Engineering	381	89	$58,000
English Language & Literature	55	107	$39,000
Foreign Languages & Linguistics	62	60	$40,000
Health Professions	410	N/A	$48,000
History	66	48	$44,000
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting	7	N/A	$40,000
Legal Professions	0	N/A	$41,000
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	0	N/A	N/A
Mathematics & Statistics	120	83	$50,000
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies	89	11	$42,000
Philosophy & Religious Studies	39	59	$42,000
Physical Sciences	81	63	$54,000
Psychology	272	28	$40,000
Social Sciences	644	51	$44,000
Visual & Performing Arts	168	32	$40,000

2015 - 2016 Fields of Study (online)	Bachelors Degrees	Ranking Within Field	Average Starting Salary
Architecture & Related Services	0	N/A	$43,000
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies	0	60	$41,000
Biological & Biomedical Sciences	0	54	$37,000
Business, Management & Marketing	0	73	$48,000
Communication & Journalism	0	10	$41,000
Computer & Information Sciences	0	84	$60,000
Education	0	25	$39,000
Engineering	0	89	$58,000
English Language & Literature	0	107	$39,000
Foreign Languages & Linguistics	0	60	$40,000
Health Professions	21	N/A	$48,000
History	0	48	$44,000
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting	0	N/A	$40,000
Legal Professions	0	N/A	$41,000
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	0	N/A	N/A
Mathematics & Statistics	0	83	$50,000
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies	58	11	$42,000
Philosophy & Religious Studies	0	59	$42,000
Physical Sciences	0	63	$54,000
Psychology	0	28	$40,000
Social Sciences	0	51	$44,000
Visual & Performing Arts	0	32	$40,000

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Degrees and Majors Offered By Boston University Plus Academic Programs & Fields of Study

Majors & Fields of Study at Boston University

Domestic Ethnicity of Graduates

All the Fields of Study Offered At This School.

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