http://degreesearch.org/blog/the-most-popular-college-majors/
This blog post is about the info-graphic I came across while searching for what degrees do the students of US opt for. The data is a little old, this info graph was created in 2013.
In the above mentioned infographic, there is a pie chart, which lists down the top majors preferred by students for undergraduate studies.
Things that went wrong about the pie chart –
- It is a PIE chart!
- There are too many slices, and hence it becomes difficult to comprehend the data
Things which are okay-
- They have percentages for each major, and color coded the labels, so interpreting gets relatively better from a pie chart.
Major Takeaways
- More men prefer engineering majors than women.
- Women tend to pursue health care and psychology disciplines.
- People prefer education and business degrees more for masters/ further studies. This chart breaks a myth that I have, which was engineering is the most chosen major for masters.
References – http://degreesearch.org/blog/the-most-popular-college-majors/