Houston Republic

About 26.6 percent of the 10,134 degrees and certificates handed out by the University of Houston 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 public institution in Houston conferred 2093 bachelor's degrees and 590 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 psychology. Data shows the school gave out 469 bachelor's degrees in general psychology, followed by 341 bachelor's degrees in general finance and 329 bachelor's degrees in accounting.

The university enrolled 46,324 students for 2017-18, including 38,348 in undergraduate programs and 7,976 in graduate programs.

Program	Bachelor's degrees awarded	Graduate and professional degrees awarded	Total degrees and certificates awarded	Percent of total
Accounting	329	210	539
Business Administration and Management, General	167	209	376
Finance, General	341	17	358
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management	255	1	256
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	223	14	237
Management Information Systems, General	217	-	217
Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations, General	169	-	169
Operations Management and Supervision	137	21	158
Human Resources Development	121	27	148
Organizational Leadership	66	-	66
Hospitality Administration/Management, General	-	61	61
Business/Corporate Communications	36	-	36
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies	32	-	32
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management	-	25	25
Business/Commerce, General	-	14	14
Banking and Financial Support Services	-	6	6
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services total	2,093	605	2,698	26.6
Petroleum Engineering	242	67	309
Mechanical Engineering	182	79	261
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	70	80	150
Industrial Engineering	41	83	124
Chemical Engineering	84	33	117
Civil Engineering, General	46	31	77
Computer Engineering, General	36	-	36
Systems Engineering	-	32	32
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	19	13	32
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	-	16	16
Materials Engineering	-	16	16
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering	-	6	6
Surveying Engineering	-	2	2
Engineering total	720	458	1,178	11.6
Health and Wellness, General	183	-	183
Pharmacy	-	114	114
Optometry	-	104	104
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	96	-	96
Communication Sciences and Disorders, General	51	35	86
Athletic Training/Trainer	-	17	17
Pharmacoeconomics/Pharmaceutical Economics	-	8	8
Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry	-	7	7
Clinical, Hospital, and Managed Care Pharmacy	-	7	7
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design	-	6	6
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	-	4	4
Nursing Administration	-	1	1
Nursing Education	-	-	-
Health Professions and Related Programs total	330	303	633	6.2
Psychology, General	469	13	482
Clinical Psychology	-	10	10
School Psychology	-	7	7
Educational Psychology	-	5	5
Counseling Psychology	-	5	5
Industrial and Organizational Psychology	-	2	2
Developmental and Child Psychology	-	1	1
Social Psychology	-	-	-
Psychology total	469	43	512	5
Computer and Information Sciences, General	178	67	245
Computer Systems Analysis/Analyst	155	-	155
Computer Graphics	49	-	49
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	-	26	26
Information Science/Studies	14	-	14
Information Technology Project Management	-	11	11
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services total	396	104	500	4.9
Biology/Biological Sciences, General	281	17	298
Biochemistry	71	10	81
Biotechnology	67	-	67
Biomedical Sciences, General	31	-	31
Vision Science/Physiological Optics	-	6	6
Biological And Biomedical Sciences total	450	33	483	4.8
Political Science and Government, General	163	13	176
Economics, General	139	14	153
Sociology	45	7	52
Anthropology	40	5	45
Applied Economics	-	31	31
Social Sciences total	387	70	457	4.5
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	299	4	303
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	63	17	80
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies total	362	21	383	3.8
Public Relations/Image Management	88	10	98
Journalism	79	-	79
Radio and Television	64	-	64
Communication, General	46	-	46
Advertising	46	-	46
Health Communication	14	2	16
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	11	-	11
Mass Communication/Media Studies	3	3	6
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs total	351	15	366	3.6
Music, General	50	42	92
Art/Art Studies, General	48	11	59
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General	18	24	42
Industrial and Product Design	23	3	26
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	15	8	23
Graphic Design	23	-	23
Painting	22	-	22
Music Performance, General	20	-	20
Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management, General	-	12	12
Photography	11	-	11
Dance, General	7	-	7
Sculpture	3	-	3
Visual and Performing Arts total	240	100	340	3.4
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician	120	-	120
Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology/Technician	109	-	109
Computer Engineering Technology/Technician	60	-	60
Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician	26	-	26
Engineering Technology, General	-	24	24
Engineering Technology and Engineering-Related Fields total	315	24	339	3.4
Human Nutrition	141	-	141
Business Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences	92	13	105
Human Development and Family Studies, General	77	-	77
Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management	-	9	9
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences total	310	22	332	3.3
Law	-	255	255
Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Law	-	21	21
Health Law	-	18	18
Tax Law/Taxation	-	9	9
International Law and Legal Studies	-	8	8
Intellectual Property Law	-	3	3
Legal Professions and Studies total	-	314	314	3.1
Geology/Earth Science, General	61	33	94
Geophysics and Seismology	40	36	76
Chemistry, General	46	23	69
Physics, General	25	38	63
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General	-	6	6
Physical Sciences total	172	136	308	3
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	217	-	217
Biological and Physical Sciences	-	-	-
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies total	217	-	217	2.1
Educational Leadership and Administration, General	-	74	74
Curriculum and Instruction	-	56	56
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	-	36	36
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	-	13	13
Special Education and Teaching, General	-	10	10
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	-	1	1
Health Occupations Teacher Education	-	1	1
Health Teacher Education	-	-	-
Education total	-	191	191	1.9
Social Work	-	167	167
Public Policy Analysis, General	-	10	10
Public Administration	-	6	6
Public Administration and Social Service Professions total	-	183	183	1.8
Mathematics, General	95	27	122
Mathematical Biology	24	-	24
Applied Mathematics, General	-	19	19
Mathematics and Statistics total	119	46	165	1.6
English Language and Literature, General	73	16	89
Creative Writing	40	17	57
Rhetoric and Composition	-	-	-
English Language and Literature/Letters total	113	33	146	1.4
Architecture	48	40	88
Interior Architecture	6	-	6
Environmental Design/Architecture	1	-	1
Architecture and Related Services total	55	40	95	0.9
Spanish Language and Literature	39	12	51
American Sign Language (ASL)	15	-	15
Chinese Language and Literature	12	-	12
French Language and Literature	8	-	8
Foreign Languages and Literatures, General	5	-	5
Italian Language and Literature	2	-	2
Linguistics	1	-	1
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics total	82	12	94	0.9
History, General	75	6	81
History total	75	6	81	0.8
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	73	-	73
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities total	73	-	73	0.7
Philosophy	18	8	26
Religion/Religious Studies	-	-	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies total	18	8	26	0.3
Environmental Science	17	-	17
Natural Resources and Conservation total	17	-	17	0.2
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies, Other	3	-	3
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender and Group Studies total	3	-	3	0