University First Generation Equity
Chad E. Brassil, Faculty Director of Undergraduate Analytics
February 2021
The traditional metrics for an undergraduate major examines students that graduate and don’t graduate based on their last declared major. Students are only counted once, because the objective of the data base is to count student totals.This analysis differs in two ways.
Touches
The objective of this analysis is to examine student success from the perspective of a major. A major has responsibility for the success if that student declares that major, even if that student subsequently changes majors. In other words, programs are responsible for any student that touches that major. Consequently, a student that changes majors will be counted multiple times within this analysis, which is appropriate because this analysis is at the level of the major, and not the individual or institution.
Transitions
In addition, a new transition category is included in this analysis. Transition refers to those students that declare a major, and subsequently graduate with a different major. From a student and institutional standpoint, transition students are successful outcomes. Majors with high transition rates, while not graduating students with that major, are successfully transitioning students to a different major in which they do graduate, which is a better outcome than having students never graduate with a degree.
Analysis Details
This is a lagging analysis, following students that began in 2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2014-2015. A cohort includes first time freshman and transfer students that begin in a given year, with students starting in the summer counted toward the next fall. Graduation is considered up to current time, i.e. Inter-college major codes are placed back into their major. Students in non-degree programs and pre-major programs and undeclared are not counted as touching major until they declare a degree granting major. Primary and secondary majors are all counted equally. The top 60 majors in terms of total touches are included.
Gap is the difference between Underrepresented Students and Represented Students in that fraction of students that declared a major and subsequently did not graduate.
Lost translates that into student numbers. It is the number of underrepresented students that did not graduate in excess of the expectation had the percent matched that of represented students.
| Equity in Graduation for Generation | |||||||||
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| Percent that Did Not Graduate | |||||||||
| Gap | 95% CI2 | Lost | First1 | Continuing | |||||
| Fraction | Number | Declared | Fraction | Number | Declared | ||||
| All UNL | 11.0 | (9.5, 12.6) | 587 | 36.0% | 1914 | 5322 | 24.9% | 2586 | 10374 |
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1
Parents did not graduate with a 4-year higer-education degree
2
Gap's 95% credible intervals
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Intersectionality
Diversity within first generation students
Diversity within continuing generation students. Note, the shading scale is the same as the above first generation figure.
Not Graduating
Majors ordered by the difference between First Generation Students and Continuing Education Students in that fraction of students that at one point declared that major and subsequently did not graduate, labeled below as Gap.
Lost translates that into student numbers. It is the number of underrepresented students that did not graduate in excess of the expectation had the percent matched that of represented students. This combines enrollment information with gap information, highlighting the potential for leverage to affect numbers of students.
The table includes the number of students that did not graduate and the total number of declared students. This can be used to identify programs which would benefit from a review.
| Equity in Graduation for Generation | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent that Did Not Graduate | |||||||||
| Gap | 95% CI2 | Lost | First1 | Continuing | |||||
| Fraction | Number | Declared | Fraction | Number | Declared | ||||
| CHME | 22 | 
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15.1 | 41% | 28 | 68 | 19% | 45 | 238 |
| COMP | 22 | 
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36.4 | 53% | 88 | 165 | 31% | 120 | 384 |
| MNEI | 19 | 
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8.7 | 24% | 11 | 46 | 5% | 3 | 60 |
| BIOS | 18 | 
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52.2 | 43% | 126 | 293 | 25% | 133 | 528 |
| BSE | 18 | 
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11.3 | 33% | 21 | 64 | 15% | 35 | 232 |
| ACCG | 17 | 
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41.3 | 30% | 72 | 243 | 13% | 71 | 562 |
| PHYS | 17 | 
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5.9 | 46% | 16 | 35 | 29% | 26 | 90 |
| MATH | 17 | 
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12.3 | 32% | 24 | 74 | 16% | 37 | 235 |
| ART | 15 | 
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18.3 | 45% | 55 | 122 | 30% | 52 | 173 |
| ECON | 15 | 
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18.7 | 27% | 34 | 125 | 12% | 41 | 335 |
| MUED | 15 | 
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5.7 | 38% | 15 | 39 | 24% | 22 | 92 |
| VBMS | 14 | 
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6.5 | 41% | 19 | 46 | 27% | 19 | 70 |
| ELEC | 14 | 
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13.2 | 37% | 35 | 95 | 23% | 53 | 231 |
| NEHS | 14 | 
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35.8 | 43% | 112 | 259 | 29% | 123 | 418 |
| PSYC | 14 | 
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62.5 | 37% | 170 | 456 | 24% | 166 | 704 |
| TMER | 13 | 
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4.9 | 32% | 12 | 37 | 19% | 15 | 78 |
| MUSC | 13 | 
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3.4 | 38% | 10 | 26 | 25% | 26 | 102 |
| FORS | 13 | 
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9.7 | 54% | 41 | 76 | 41% | 42 | 102 |
| BIOC | 13 | 
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14.5 | 36% | 41 | 115 | 23% | 64 | 278 |
| JOUR | 13 | 
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16.5 | 34% | 45 | 131 | 22% | 56 | 257 |
| MRKT | 13 | 
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28.5 | 30% | 68 | 228 | 17% | 103 | 595 |
| ANTH | 12 | 
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5.1 | 39% | 16 | 41 | 27% | 16 | 60 |
| FWL | 12 | 
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12.9 | 36% | 39 | 107 | 24% | 29 | 119 |
| ACTS | 12 | 
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10.2 | 26% | 22 | 85 | 14% | 48 | 346 |
| MSYM | 12 | 
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6.8 | 21% | 12 | 57 | 9% | 6 | 66 |
| ENGL | 12 | 
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13.8 | 30% | 35 | 117 | 18% | 40 | 221 |
| NTRS | 12 | 
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10.2 | 32% | 28 | 88 | 20% | 29 | 143 |
| HIST | 11 | 
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10.1 | 39% | 35 | 89 | 28% | 45 | 161 |
| CIVE | 11 | 
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14.5 | 38% | 50 | 130 | 27% | 111 | 406 |
| BSAD | 10 | 
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61.1 | 34% | 205 | 596 | 24% | 274 | 1135 |
| ATHT | 10 | 
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9.2 | 45% | 42 | 94 | 35% | 59 | 169 |
| ASCI | 9 | 
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16.2 | 28% | 48 | 171 | 19% | 43 | 231 |
| MECH | 9 | 
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18.6 | 34% | 74 | 216 | 26% | 133 | 519 |
| ADPR | 8 | 
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21.0 | 22% | 56 | 253 | 14% | 79 | 571 |
| ARCS | 8 | 
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4.5 | 16% | 9 | 56 | 8% | 9 | 111 |
| BRDC | 8 | 
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8.0 | 33% | 34 | 102 | 25% | 52 | 204 |
| CENG | 7 | 
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7.7 | 46% | 48 | 105 | 38% | 109 | 284 |
| AECN | 7 | 
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6.0 | 22% | 19 | 86 | 15% | 16 | 106 |
| CNST | 6 | 
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5.8 | 31% | 28 | 90 | 25% | 44 | 178 |
| CYFA | 6 | 
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10.9 | 19% | 36 | 189 | 13% | 26 | 196 |
| IBUS | 6 | 
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3.6 | 33% | 21 | 64 | 27% | 32 | 118 |
| SOCI | 5 | 
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4.8 | 29% | 26 | 89 | 24% | 21 | 88 |
| POLS | 5 | 
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6.7 | 30% | 39 | 131 | 25% | 67 | 272 |
| COMM | 5 | 
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3.7 | 32% | 23 | 72 | 27% | 47 | 175 |
| AE | 5 | 
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1.0 | 43% | 9 | 21 | 38% | 57 | 150 |
| SCMS | 5 | 
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1.9 | 17% | 7 | 42 | 12% | 13 | 108 |
| CHEM | 4 | 
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2.0 | 38% | 20 | 53 | 34% | 42 | 124 |
| ABUS | 4 | 
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5.2 | 19% | 28 | 149 | 15% | 31 | 203 |
| FINA | 3 | 
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6.0 | 16% | 29 | 186 | 12% | 85 | 688 |
| HRTM | 3 | 
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3.1 | 26% | 26 | 101 | 23% | 37 | 163 |
| ELED | 3 | 
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2.7 | 6% | 6 | 109 | 3% | 6 | 200 |
| MNGT | 2 | 
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4.8 | 18% | 36 | 198 | 16% | 58 | 368 |
| SPAN | 1 | 
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1.3 | 17% | 16 | 95 | 16% | 18 | 116 |
| SPLP | 1 | 
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0.2 | 3% | 1 | 37 | 2% | 2 | 91 |
| GLST | 0 | 
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0.4 | 20% | 19 | 95 | 20% | 27 | 138 |
| ENVR | 0 | 
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0.1 | 30% | 11 | 37 | 29% | 23 | 78 |
| DIET | −0 | 
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−0.1 | 23% | 25 | 107 | 23% | 41 | 175 |
| SPM7 | −0 | 
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−0.2 | 2% | 1 | 47 | 3% | 2 | 79 |
| AGRO | −2 | 
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−2.3 | 20% | 21 | 104 | 22% | 24 | 107 |
| PGAM | −4 | 
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−1.2 | 32% | 9 | 28 | 36% | 28 | 77 |
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1
Parents did not graduate with a 4-year higer-education degree
2
Gap's 95% credible interval is black line, zero gap is is green bar, UNL-wide gap is red bar, and the calculated gap is black circle
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Transitions
Majors that successfully transition students to other majors and subsequently graduate. These majors, potentially, can be used as as models of promoting successful transitions.
| Transitioned | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| and Graduated with a Different Major | ||||||
| First Generation | Continuing Generation | |||||
| Fraction | Number | Declared | Fraction | Number | Declared | |
| BSAD | 48% | 289 | 596 | 59% | 670 | 1135 |
| IBUS | 47% | 30 | 64 | 53% | 62 | 118 |
| ATHT | 46% | 43 | 94 | 43% | 72 | 169 |
| FINA | 40% | 74 | 186 | 31% | 214 | 688 |
| ABUS | 40% | 59 | 149 | 32% | 64 | 203 |
| VBMS | 37% | 17 | 46 | 36% | 25 | 70 |
| JOUR | 35% | 46 | 131 | 41% | 106 | 257 |
| CHEM | 34% | 18 | 53 | 44% | 54 | 124 |
| DIET | 32% | 34 | 107 | 32% | 56 | 175 |
| ACTS | 32% | 27 | 85 | 28% | 97 | 346 |
| TMER | 30% | 11 | 37 | 38% | 30 | 78 |
| MECH | 29% | 62 | 216 | 29% | 148 | 519 |
| PHYS | 29% | 10 | 35 | 39% | 35 | 90 |
| MNEI | 28% | 13 | 46 | 23% | 14 | 60 |
| ECON | 28% | 35 | 125 | 28% | 94 | 335 |
| BIOC | 28% | 32 | 115 | 30% | 83 | 278 |
| ACCG | 27% | 66 | 243 | 31% | 177 | 562 |
| CENG | 27% | 28 | 105 | 28% | 79 | 284 |
| BIOS | 27% | 78 | 293 | 27% | 144 | 528 |
| NEHS | 25% | 66 | 259 | 35% | 146 | 418 |
| CIVE | 25% | 33 | 130 | 22% | 88 | 406 |
| BSE | 25% | 16 | 64 | 28% | 65 | 232 |
| BRDC | 25% | 25 | 102 | 27% | 56 | 204 |
| GLST | 24% | 23 | 95 | 24% | 33 | 138 |
| AE | 24% | 5 | 21 | 19% | 28 | 150 |
| SCMS | 24% | 10 | 42 | 18% | 19 | 108 |
| MUSC | 23% | 6 | 26 | 25% | 26 | 102 |
| MNGT | 23% | 45 | 198 | 22% | 82 | 368 |
| NTRS | 23% | 20 | 88 | 31% | 44 | 143 |
| SPAN | 22% | 21 | 95 | 28% | 32 | 116 |
| CHME | 22% | 15 | 68 | 37% | 89 | 238 |
| MRKT | 21% | 49 | 228 | 26% | 155 | 595 |
| ELEC | 21% | 20 | 95 | 20% | 46 | 231 |
| FORS | 21% | 16 | 76 | 31% | 32 | 102 |
| COMP | 21% | 34 | 165 | 22% | 84 | 384 |
| MUED | 21% | 8 | 39 | 26% | 24 | 92 |
| MATH | 20% | 15 | 74 | 23% | 54 | 235 |
| POLS | 20% | 26 | 131 | 18% | 49 | 272 |
| COMM | 19% | 14 | 72 | 24% | 42 | 175 |
| HRTM | 19% | 19 | 101 | 20% | 32 | 163 |
| SOCI | 18% | 16 | 89 | 20% | 18 | 88 |
| ART | 17% | 21 | 122 | 22% | 38 | 173 |
| SPM7 | 17% | 8 | 47 | 11% | 9 | 79 |
| HIST | 17% | 15 | 89 | 16% | 25 | 161 |
| PSYC | 15% | 68 | 456 | 17% | 117 | 704 |
| AGRO | 14% | 15 | 104 | 12% | 13 | 107 |
| PGAM | 14% | 4 | 28 | 21% | 16 | 77 |
| ADPR | 12% | 31 | 253 | 12% | 70 | 571 |
| ANTH | 12% | 5 | 41 | 17% | 10 | 60 |
| ASCI | 12% | 20 | 171 | 18% | 41 | 231 |
| ENVR | 11% | 4 | 37 | 26% | 20 | 78 |
| ARCS | 11% | 6 | 56 | 8% | 9 | 111 |
| AECN | 10% | 9 | 86 | 10% | 11 | 106 |
| ENGL | 10% | 12 | 117 | 17% | 37 | 221 |
| CYFA | 8% | 16 | 189 | 10% | 19 | 196 |
| FWL | 8% | 9 | 107 | 19% | 23 | 119 |
| MSYM | 5% | 3 | 57 | 11% | 7 | 66 |
| ELED | 3% | 3 | 109 | 4% | 9 | 200 |
| SPLP | 3% | 1 | 37 | 2% | 2 | 91 |
| CNST | 0% | 0 | 90 | 6% | 11 | 178 |
Top destinations to which students transition and graduate. This table can be used to view destinations of successful transitions from each program.
| Successful Transitions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top Destinations | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| ABUS | AECN (52%) | AGRO (8%) | NA (5%) | ASCI (4%) | ACCG (3%) |
| ACCG | FINA (22%) | MRKT (14%) | BSAD (11%) | MNGT (10%) | ECON (5%) |
| ACTS | FINA (22%) | ACCG (19%) | MATH (8%) | ECON (7%) | SCMS (5%) |
| ADPR | JOUR (9%) | BRDC (8%) | PSYC (8%) | ART (6%) | ENGL (6%) |
| AE | CIVE (39%) | CNST (18%) | MECH (12%) | CHME (9%) | ARCS (6%) |
| AECN | ABUS (24%) | ASCI (24%) | AGRO (19%) | ACCG (5%) | AEDU (5%) |
| AGRO | AECN (19%) | ABUS (13%) | APSC (13%) | AEDU (6%) | ASCI (6%) |
| ANTH | PSYC (12%) | ADPR (6%) | AGRO (6%) | ART (6%) | BIOC (6%) |
| ARCS | ADPR (27%) | IDES (13%) | ACCG (7%) | CIVE (7%) | CNST (7%) |
| ART | ADPR (32%) | GDES (25%) | PSYC (6%) | HIST (5%) | AHCR (3%) |
| ASCI | AEDU (15%) | ABUS (12%) | FWL (12%) | COEA (9%) | APSC (7%) |
| ATHT | NEHS (23%) | PSYC (9%) | CYFA (7%) | BSAD (5%) | MRKT (5%) |
| BIOC | BIOS (17%) | PSYC (13%) | MBIO (6%) | NTRS (4%) | POLS (4%) |
| BIOS | PSYC (18%) | FWL (6%) | NEHS (6%) | NTRS (6%) | MNGT (3%) |
| BRDC | ADPR (44%) | JOUR (19%) | MRKT (6%) | POLS (3%) | PSYC (3%) |
| BSAD | MRKT (17%) | MNGT (16%) | FINA (12%) | ACCG (9%) | ADPR (6%) |
| BSE | BIOC (12%) | MECH (10%) | BIOS (8%) | CHME (3%) | CNST (3%) |
| CENG | COMP (41%) | ELEC (8%) | MATH (7%) | NA (6%) | ACCG (3%) |
| CHEM | BIOC (17%) | CHME (6%) | BIOS (5%) | MATH (5%) | NTRS (5%) |
| CHME | BSE (13%) | MECH (10%) | BIOC (8%) | ACCG (5%) | CIVE (5%) |
| CIVE | CNST (15%) | MECH (11%) | MATH (6%) | ACCG (5%) | BSE (4%) |
| CNST | ECON (21%) | ACCG (14%) | MNGT (14%) | AEDU (7%) | BSAD (7%) |
| COMM | ADPR (23%) | POLS (9%) | ETHN (6%) | PSYC (6%) | ENGL (5%) |
| COMP | MATH (13%) | ECON (7%) | CENG (6%) | FINA (6%) | ACCG (5%) |
| CYFA | CYAF (25%) | ELED (14%) | PSYC (11%) | SOCI (11%) | ADPR (6%) |
| DIET | NEHS (19%) | CYFA (18%) | PSYC (9%) | HRTM (5%) | MRKT (5%) |
| ECON | FINA (19%) | ACCG (14%) | POLS (8%) | MNGT (8%) | MRKT (8%) |
| ELEC | CENG (15%) | NA (10%) | COMP (8%) | MECH (7%) | ACCG (6%) |
| ELED | CYFA (50%) | CYAF (17%) | MRKT (8%) | PSYC (8%) | SPM7 (8%) |
| ENGL | ADPR (13%) | POLS (11%) | PSYC (11%) | BRDC (6%) | ELAT (6%) |
| ENVR | BIOS (14%) | FWL (14%) | ECON (7%) | ENGL (7%) | ENRS (7%) |
| FINA | ACCG (24%) | MRKT (12%) | ECON (10%) | MNGT (10%) | FINI (8%) |
| FORS | PSYC (13%) | ADPR (8%) | BIOS (8%) | AEDU (6%) | BIOC (6%) |
| FWL | ASCI (12%) | AGRO (9%) | AECN (6%) | ART (6%) | ENRS (6%) |
| GLST | POLS (11%) | SPAN (7%) | ENGL (6%) | PSYC (6%) | COMM (4%) |
| HIST | POLS (16%) | SSCI (13%) | ADPR (9%) | SOCI (9%) | CLRS (7%) |
| HRTM | ADPR (17%) | HRTA (10%) | MRKT (9%) | COMM (7%) | CYFA (5%) |
| IBUS | ECON (10%) | FINA (10%) | MRKT (10%) | GLST (9%) | ACCG (8%) |
| JOUR | ADPR (41%) | BRDC (12%) | ENGL (10%) | PSYC (6%) | ART (2%) |
| MATH | COMP (14%) | PSYC (10%) | ACTS (9%) | BIOS (8%) | BIOC (5%) |
| MECH | MSYM (10%) | CIVE (9%) | CNST (7%) | ECON (5%) | FINA (4%) |
| MNEI | ADPR (9%) | FINA (9%) | MNGT (9%) | ABUS (6%) | FINI (6%) |
| MNGT | MNEI (12%) | MRKT (11%) | FINA (7%) | MNHR (7%) | ACCG (6%) |
| MRKT | ADPR (26%) | MNGT (8%) | FINA (8%) | ACCG (7%) | ECON (4%) |
| MSYM | APSC (27%) | AENG (18%) | ABUS (9%) | AECN (9%) | AEDU (9%) |
| MUED | MUSC (30%) | ELED (8%) | EMATH (5%) | PSYC (5%) | SPAN (5%) |
| MUSC | MUED (24%) | ADPR (12%) | ACTS (9%) | BIOS (6%) | ENGL (6%) |
| NEHS | CYFA (12%) | PSYC (12%) | DIET (11%) | NTRS (9%) | BIOS (5%) |
| NTRS | DIET (19%) | NEHS (15%) | CYFA (6%) | MNGT (6%) | PSYC (6%) |
| PGAM | ABUS (10%) | ACCG (10%) | AECN (10%) | BSAD (10%) | MNGT (10%) |
| PHYS | MATH (23%) | COMP (9%) | ELEC (9%) | ENGL (6%) | CIVE (4%) |
| POLS | GLST (10%) | HIST (10%) | ADPR (8%) | ECON (7%) | SPAN (5%) |
| PSYC | ADPR (8%) | CYFA (7%) | ELED (5%) | ENGL (5%) | MNGT (4%) |
| SCMS | MNGT (31%) | MRKT (19%) | ACCG (12%) | HRTM (6%) | MNHR (6%) |
| SOCI | PSYC (19%) | ENVR (11%) | CYFA (8%) | ENGL (8%) | ETHN (8%) |
| SPAN | GLST (10%) | ADPR (8%) | BIOS (8%) | ENGL (8%) | PSYC (8%) |
| SPLP | CYFA (67%) | ACCG (33%) | |||
| SPM7 | ELED (53%) | NA (18%) | CYFA (12%) | ECED (6%) | HIST (6%) |
| TMER | TCOM (19%) | ADPR (16%) | CYFA (9%) | ELED (9%) | PSYC (9%) |
| VBMS | ASCI (21%) | FWL (21%) | BIOS (17%) | ELED (7%) | ADPR (5%) |