Business and Management are the most popular subjects in the US (289,384 degrees).

商务管理是美国最热门的专业（28万9384个学位）。

 

Health-related programs such as Nursing are next in line (141,632 degrees). Psychology¹ and Biological and Biomedical Sciences run almost neck and neck (127,066 degrees and 120,375 degrees, respectively).

其次是护理等健康相关专业（14万1632个学位）。心理学和生物及生物医学专业难分伯仲（分别是12万7066个学位和12万375个学位）。

 

The 5th place belongs to Engineering, with 117,553 degrees awarded.

排行第五的热门专业是工程学，每年授出11万7553个学位。

 

Social science majors such as Education (102,219) follow up, and the difference between Communications (98,949) and Finance and Accounting² (98,663) is rather small.

接下来是教育学（10万2219个学位）等社会科学专业，传播学专业（9万8949个学位）和财会专业（9万8663个学位）二者的热度没什么差别。

 

A little bit surprisingly, Anthropology³ and Sociology (57,630) beat Computer Science (55,843) and have moved into the top 10.

有点意外的是，人类学与社会学（5万7630个学位）打败了计算机科学（5万5843个学位），跻身前十。

 

The trends in prevailing⁴ college majors in the US connect directly to the average starting salary.

美国热门专业的潮流和平均起薪直接相关。

 

Graduates with a degree in Business Administration receive $41,245 as a starting salary with an average mid-career salary of $70,694.00, higher than the average level of compensation of graduates in any other major, which is the biggest motivation that drives not only American students but most youngsters around the world.

拥有商务管理学位的毕业生平均起薪为4万1245美元（约合人民币26万元），职业生涯中期的平均年薪为7万694美元，高于其他任何专业毕业生的平均薪酬水平。这是激励美国学生和全球多数学生攻读商务管理专业的最大动力。

 

The traditional high demand for medical services has helped to spur the popularity of medical and health-related programs.

对于医疗服务的传统高需求提升了医学和健康相关专业的热度。

 

According to market research, doctors and nurses almost never face the unemployment issue: even when economic crises take place, medical workers usually are able to keep their jobs.

市场调查显示，医生和护士几乎不用担心失业问题：即使发生经济危机，医疗工作者通常也能保住自己的工作。

 

Notably⁵, in the US, a general psychology degree will open doors for students to find jobs in social work, marketing⁶ and human resources, similar to Education and Communications.

值得注意的是，在美国，一个普通心理学学位和教育学、传播学学位一样，能让学生找到社会工作、市场营销和人力资源方面的工作。

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