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Explore major options

At Indiana University Bloomington, students can choose from 200+ majors that all lead to a valuable IU degree and marketable skills to help them start their career. Students can explore the many options in areas they’re interested in to find their ideal path. And we are ready to support them if that path shifts—most students change their major and graduate on time.

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66%of students change their major at least once

92% of IU seniors feel they’ve acquired job- or work-related knowledge and skills

95%of graduates accept full-time employment or continue their education

Choose a path to explore

Select a category from the drop-down menu to explore how their passions align with different majors, schools, and career communities at IU.

If more than one area piques their interest, that’s great—they have plenty of time to explore! Students at IU Bloomington can wait to declare a major until the beginning of their sophomore year. When they find the right fit, they’ll find success more easily and they’ll be more likely to graduate on time. At IU, they have the space and support to do that.

Advisors are ready to help them plan a path towards their IU degree and the career or grad school that comes next.

Dive deeper into individual majors, minors, and certificates using the Explore Programs tool.

Arts, Sports, and Entertainment

Students interested in sports marketing can master industry skills studying sports media and journalism in The Media School or sports marketing and management in the School of Public Health. Performing arts majors span between the Jacobs School of Music and the College of Arts and Sciences. Students can study fashion design or merchandising in The Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design or fashion media in The Media School. Explore arts, sports, and entertainment majors and career options below.

Arts and Design

Entertainment and Sports

Performing Arts

Business

Business takes on many forms—does your student want to build a company? Work with people? Manage an arts venue or tourist facilities and destinations? Lead a nonprofit? Your student will gain skills that make them more marketable to employers across the business world by majoring in accounting, finance, or entrepreneurship and corporate innovation in the Kelley School of Business. They could earn their degree in tourism, hospitality, and event management from the School of Public Health, or nonprofit management or human resource management from the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs. Or they can pursue business on a global scale with a degree in international studies from the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies. Explore the business career community to learn more.

Business, Finance, & Management

Human Resources & Training

Marketing, Advertising, & Public Relations

Retail & Apparel

Sales

Tourism, Hospitality, and Event Planning

Communication and Culture

Your student’s interests lie in culture, language, communication, and the humanities and they want to pursue a career in communicating with large audiences through media, increasing intercultural communication, examining and improving social institutions, or preserving human culture. They can explore majors from journalism in The Media School to management and human organization in the College of Arts and Sciences to counseling and student services in the School of Education. See all the ways your student can study communication and culture at IU.

Humanities, Museums, and Libraries

Journalism, Media, and Communication

Language and Culture

Social Science

Writing and Publishing

Government and Nonprofit

Your student can pursue a career in government or leading nonprofit organizations with a degree in public affairs through the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs where they’ll study law and public policy, policy analysis, and nonprofit management and leadership. They can prepare for law school with a major in criminal justice, political science, or psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences, or international studies in the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies. Explore our government and non-profit career community options.

Government, Politics, & Public Service

Law

Nonprofit, Philanthropy, & Fundraising

Health and Human Services

Your student can work with athletes as an exercise science major or with kids and families as a human development major in the School of Public Health. They can pursue a career in medicine or psychology with a neuroscience degree from the College of Arts and Sciences or study technology designed for health care with a major in the Luddy School of Informatics and Engineering. Whether they’re looking for specialized program, a strong background in the sciences to prepare for professional school, or a major that leads to employment in a health and human services industry, encourage your student to check out the options below.

Counseling, Helping, and Social Service

Education

Healthcare

IT and Data

Your student wants to invent, design, and repurpose technology to solve complex problems, work with computer-based information systems, or solve real-world problems through research in science, economics, business, engineering, or more. They can learn intelligent systems and engineering or data science in the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering. Study mathematics, statistics, or biotechnology in the College of Arts and Sciences or game design in The Media School. Or check out the epidemiology major in the School of Public Health and learn about public health intervention and prevention programs. Explore these majors and more.

Analysis, Math, and Statistics

Computer Science and Information Technology

Science

Science majors lead your student to careers in research, government work, and teaching by honing skills in observation, research and experimentation, and relevant technologies. They can check out the epidemiology major in the School of Public Health and learn about public health intervention and prevention programs. They can major in environmental and sustainability studies, neuroscience, biology, animal behavior, astronomy, and more in the College of Arts and Sciences. Find more information on the science career community below.

Environmental

Life Science

Physical Science

"The options are limitless at IU, and students have the opportunity to major in any school and take classes in others."

Chutavion W.Human biology major and psychology minor

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