Springs Times

About 28.8 percent of the 545 degrees and certificates handed out by Colorado College in 2017-18 were to students in social sciences 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 private not-for-profit institution in Springs conferred 157 bachelor's degrees in social sciences programs.

But the single most popular program was for a bachelor's degree in general economics. Data shows the school gave out 49 bachelor's degrees in general economics, followed by 32 bachelor's degrees in general political science and government and 32 bachelor's degrees in ecology and evolutionary biology.

The college enrolled 2,144 students for 2017-18, including 2,114 in undergraduate programs and 30 in graduate programs.

Program	Bachelor's degrees awarded	Graduate and professional degrees awarded	Total degrees and certificates awarded	Percent of total
Economics, General	49	-	49
Political Science and Government, General	32	-	32
Sociology	29	-	29
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	20	-	20
Anthropology	10	-	10
Social Sciences, Other	9	-	9
International Economics	8	-	8
Social Sciences total	157	-	157	28.8
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology	32	-	32
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology	16	-	16
Neuroscience	15	-	15
Biochemistry	6	-	6
Biological And Biomedical Sciences total	69	-	69	12.7
Physics, General	18	-	18
Geology/Earth Science, General	18	-	18
Chemistry, General	10	-	10
Physical Sciences total	46	-	46	8.4
Environmental Science	27	-	27
Environmental Studies	13	-	13
Natural Resources and Conservation total	40	-	40	7.3
Fine/Studio Arts, General	17	-	17
Music, General	8	-	8
Film/Cinema/Video Studies	5	-	5
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	4	-	4
Dance, General	1	-	1
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General	1	-	1
Visual and Performing Arts total	36	-	36	6.6
Creative Writing	18	-	18
English Language and Literature, General	17	-	17
English Language and Literature/Letters total	35	-	35	6.4
Elementary Education and Teaching	-	9	9
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	-	8	8
Education, General	6	-	6
Secondary Education and Teaching	-	5	5
Education total	6	22	28	5.1
Women's Studies	10	-	10
Asian Studies/Civilization	4	-	4
Regional Studies (U.S., Canadian, Foreign)	4	-	4
French Studies	3	-	3
Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies	3	-	3
Ethnic Studies	2	-	2
Russian Studies	1	-	1
Italian Studies	-	-	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender and Group Studies total	27	-	27	5
Philosophy	16	-	16
Religion/Religious Studies	2	-	2
Philosophy and Religious Studies total	18	-	18	3.3
Psychology, General	17	-	17
Psychology total	17	-	17	3.1
History, General	13	-	13
History total	13	-	13	2.4
Mathematics, General	13	-	13
Mathematics and Statistics total	13	-	13	2.4
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	13	-	13
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies total	13	-	13	2.4
Computer and Information Sciences, Other	12	-	12
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services total	12	-	12	2.2
Comparative Literature	6	-	6
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General	2	-	2
Spanish Language and Literature	2	-	2
German Language and Literature	1	-	1
French Language and Literature	-	-	-
Italian Language and Literature	-	-	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics total	11	-	11	2
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other	10	-	10
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities total	10	-	10	1.8