Top 10 college degrees

Career World, Feb-March, 2005

Which majors are most popular among college students today? The degrees in demand are:

1. Accounting

2. Electrical engineering

3. Mechanical engineering

4. Business administration/management

5. Economics/finance

6. Computer science

7. Computer engineering

8. Marketing/marketing management

9. Chemical engineering

10. Information sciences and systems

Accounting's current popularity may stem from news stories of corporate accounting scandals, which led to new regulations and more jobs. Ira Solomon of the department of accountancy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign said in an interview with AccountingWeb.com. "All the focus on accounting created a perception [among] students that accounting matters and is perhaps even sexy."

SOURCES: ACCOUNTINGWEB.COM, JOB OUTLOOK 2005 SURVEY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND EMPLOYERS