Top 20: What our undergraduates are studying

Roughly one-third of this spring's undergraduate students are concentrated in 10 majors. And about one-fifth of undergraduates are enrolled in the next set of 10 majors. Within this spring's 28,334 undergraduates, 14,070 -- just under 50 percent -- are enrolled somewhere in that group of 20 undergraduate majors. The numbers are part of spring enrollment data posted by the registrar's office.

With the exception of Design, which limits enrollments to meet accreditation requirements, each of the undergraduate colleges is represented more than once among the 20 largest majors. Mechanical engineering (2,054 students), kinesiology (1,119) and animal science (938) remain the largest undergraduate programs by enrollment.

Not majors, but large groups

Additionally, there are 1,750 undergraduates (including 582 freshmen and 666 sophomores) this spring listed in "pre-business" and 486 students (including 279 freshmen) in the "open option" in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The two categories capture significant student numbers, but are not degree-granting majors.

Two other degree programs have significant student numbers in the "pre" category, architecture at 190 and computer science at 231 students. If combined with undergraduates fully admitted into the degree programs, the tallies rise to 487 and 506 students, respectively.

Top 20 undergraduate majors, by enrollment

Spring semester 2017