Top 5 most popular majors at CU 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó
From aerospace engineering to art history, CU 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó offers more than 150 majors across over 270 fields of study. But there are certain programs Buffs choose to lead the herd. Here are CU 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó’s Fall 2025 most popular undergraduate majors by enrollment.ÌýÌý
PsychologyÌý
CU 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó houses one of the top 15 undergraduate psychology programs in the U.S., according to the Social Psychology Network. Within the program, psychology students explore human cognition, emotion, behavior, social interactions and mind-brain relationships. Award-winning faculty also offer courses in specialized topics, such as behavioral genetics, clinical psychology, child development, women’s health, and judgment and decision making. CU 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó psychology graduates find careers in health and medicine, community service, law, government, education and labor relations.ÌýÌý
As the first integrative physiology program in the U.S., CU 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó’s Department of Integrative Physiology is an internationally recognized research facility. The department ranks 14th nationally in faculty research grants with access to 21 state-of-the-art research laboratories to study sleep and prosthetics. Through the program, students gain knowledge from anatomy, biochemistry, mathematics, physics, physiology and statistics to study how humans and other animals function at the level of genes, cells, tissues, organs and systems. Integrative Physiology graduates often work in sports medicine, exercise management, chiropractic care, athletic training, geriatrics and physical fitness programming.Ìý
FinanceÌý
Finance is a degree emphasis within CU 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó’s Leeds School of Business, the #1 business school in Colorado and the #21 best public university undergraduate business program in the U.S. Within the concentration, students study foundational concepts such as accounting, financial analysis, financial reporting and macroeconomics. The program’s faculty specialize in areas like mergers and acquisitions, valuation, entrepreneurship, derivative securities and foreign exchange markets, allowing students to gain expertise in financial management, money and capital markets, investments and derivative securities, and financial institutions. Finance graduates acquire entry-level positions in corporate finance, banking and commercial retail, investment banking, wealth management, personal financial planning and institutional asset management.ÌýÌý
U.S. News & World Report ranked CU 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó #15 among public U.S. universities with the best undergraduate mechanical engineering programs. The major offers a Design Your Career professional development program and sponsors over 30 capstone design projects annually to prepare students for life post-graduation. Students learn skills in medicine, robotics and environmental science and tend to enter a variety of industries, including aerospace, biomedical, design, consulting, manufacturing, transportation, and energy and sustainability.Ìý
CU 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó accommodates a wide range of students by offering both Bachelor of Science and Arts degrees in computer science. Students in the BS program receive a hands-on education exploring circuits and computer architecture, operating systems and programming languages. In the BA program, students receive an interdisciplinary education by integrating components of a liberal arts education to study programming languages, data systems design, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and the ethics of information and technology. Graduates in both degrees often become software engineers, web developers, programmers and research assistants at high-tech companies, such as Amazon, Google and Microsoft.ÌýÌý
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