This statistic shows the least popular college majors in the United States in 2009 according to gender distribution. Among the least popular college majors were military technologies and soil sciences. Only 7 percent of military technologies students in 2009 were female.
The least popular college majors in the U.S. by gender in 2009
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Center on Education and the Workforce. (May 24, 2011). The least popular college majors in the U.S. by gender in 2009 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 20, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/225683/least-popular-college-majors-in-the-united-states-by-gender/
Center on Education and the Workforce. "The least popular college majors in the U.S. by gender in 2009." Chart. May 24, 2011. Statista. Accessed April 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/225683/least-popular-college-majors-in-the-united-states-by-gender/
Center on Education and the Workforce. (2011). The least popular college majors in the U.S. by gender in 2009. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/225683/least-popular-college-majors-in-the-united-states-by-gender/
Center on Education and the Workforce. "The Least Popular College Majors in The U.S. by Gender in 2009." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 May 2011, https://www.statista.com/statistics/225683/least-popular-college-majors-in-the-united-states-by-gender/
Center on Education and the Workforce, The least popular college majors in the U.S. by gender in 2009 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/225683/least-popular-college-majors-in-the-united-states-by-gender/ (last visited April 20, 2025)
The least popular college majors in the U.S. by gender in 2009 [Graph], Center on Education and the Workforce, May 24, 2011. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/225683/least-popular-college-majors-in-the-united-states-by-gender/
