About six (5.8) second-year college students left their planned major area of Architecture to declare a major in another area for every student who left another planned major area to declare a major in Architecture. Among those students who left this planned major area, the top recipients were major areas such as Engineering (21%); Business (20%); and Arts: Visual and Performing (11%).

For every second-year college student who left another planned major area to declare a major in Health Sciences and Technologies, roughly four (3.8) students left their planned major area of Health Sciences and Technologies to declare a major in another area. Popular destinations for students who left this planned major area are areas such as Sciences: Biological and Physical (33%); Community, Family, and Personal Services (16%); Business (12%); and Social Sciences and Law (11%). Several majors (e.g., Osteopathic Medicine) within the major area of Health Sciences and Technologies do not necessarily have undergraduate offerings, which would explain why so many of these students declared majors in other related areas.

Three second-year college students left their planned major area of Health Administration and Assisting to declare a major in another area for every student who left another planned major area to declare a major in Health Administration and Assisting. Of those who left this planned major area, most students went on to areas such as Health Sciences and Technologies (40%); Sciences: Biological and Physical (14%); Community, Family, and Personal Services (13%); and Business (10%).

Table 3. Major Areas with the Largest Net Gains and Losses as Second-Year College Students Move from Planned Majors to Declared Majors

For every second-year college student who left the planned major area of Community, Family, and Personal Services to declare a major in another area, more than six (6.5) students left another planned area to declare a major in Community, Family, and Personal Services. Students who entered this major area came mostly from planned areas such as Health Sciences and Technologies (32%); Social Sciences and Law (22%); and Business (10%).

For every second-year college student who left the planned major area of Area, Ethnic, and Multidisciplinary Studies to declare a major in another area, roughly two (2.2) students left another planned area to declare a major in Area, Ethnic, and Multidisciplinary Studies. Of those students who entered this major area, most were from planned areas such as; Social Sciences and Law (26%); Health Sciences and Technologies (14%); English and Foreign Languages (12%); and Sciences: Biological and Physical (11%).