St. Paul Reporter

About 33.4 percent of the 2,847 degrees and certificates handed out by the University of St Thomas in 2017-18 were to students in business, management, marketing, and related support services programs, making them the most popular programs that year, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.

The agency's National Center for Education Statistics shows the private not-for-profit institution in Paul conferred 611 bachelor's degrees and 279 master's degrees in business, management, marketing, and related support services programs.

But the single most popular program was for a master's degree in general business administration and management. Data shows the school gave out 237 master's degrees in general business administration and management, followed by 138 bachelor's degrees in general marketing/marketing management and 115 master's degrees in social work.

The university enrolled 10,035 students for 2017-18, including 6,395 in undergraduate programs and 3,640 in graduate programs.

Program	Bachelor's degrees awarded	Graduate and professional degrees awarded	Certificates awarded	Total degrees and certificates awarded	Percent of total
Business Administration and Management, General	52	237	20	309
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	138	-	5	143
Finance, General	104	-	-	104
Accounting	92	1	-	93
Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other	47	26	-	73
Operations Management and Supervision	65	-	-	65
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies	40	-	-	40
Business Statistics	-	6	32	38
Real Estate	17	7	3	27
Actuarial Science	26	-	-	26
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General	17	-	-	17
International Business/Trade/Commerce	9	-	-	9
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations, Other	4	-	-	4
Business/Corporate Communications	-	2	-	2
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other	-	-	-	-
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services total	611	279	60	950	33.4
Educational Leadership and Administration, General	-	21	29	50
Elementary Education and Teaching	22	21	-	43
Special Education and Teaching, Other	-	41	-	41
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism	-	40	-	40
Education, Other	-	12	22	34
Curriculum and Instruction	-	12	14	26
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	-	23	-	23
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	-	22	-	22
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Emotional Disturbances	-	12	-	12
Secondary Education and Teaching	-	11	-	11
Music Teacher Education	1	10	-	11
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching	9	-	-	9
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Specific Learning Disabilities	-	8	-	8
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Mental Retardation	-	3	-	3
Education/Teaching of the Gifted and Talented	-	2	-	2
English/Language Arts Teacher Education	1	-	-	1
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	1	-	-	1
Reading Teacher Education	-	1	-	1
Educational Administration and Supervision, Other	-	1	-	1
Mathematics Teacher Education	1	-	-	1
Health Teacher Education	-	-	-	-
Physics Teacher Education	-	-	-	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas, Other	-	-	-	-
Social Studies Teacher Education	-	-	-	-
Earth Science Teacher Education	-	-	-	-
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education	-	-	-	-
Special Education and Teaching, General	-	-	-	-
Multicultural Education	-	-	-	-
Education total	35	240	65	340	11.9
Information Technology	-	87	55	142
Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration	-	62	64	126
Computer Science	28	-	-	28
Information Science/Studies	2	-	-	2
Computer and Information Sciences, Other	1	-	-	1
Computer and Information Sciences, General	-	-	-	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	-	-	-	-
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services total	31	149	119	299	10.5
Mechanical Engineering	98	25	-	123
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	26	14	-	40
Manufacturing Engineering	-	14	12	26
Engineering, Other	-	-	14	14
Systems Engineering	-	7	-	7
Computer Engineering, General	6	-	-	6
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Other	-	-	5	5
Engineering total	130	60	31	221	7.8
Social Work	15	135	-	150
Public Policy Analysis, General	-	6	1	7
Public Administration and Social Service Professions total	15	141	1	157	5.5
Counseling Psychology	-	70	-	70
Psychology, General	66	-	-	66
Family Psychology	-	-	-	-
Psychology total	66	70	-	136	4.8
Law	-	101	-	101
Advanced Legal Research/Studies, General	-	28	-	28
Legal Professions and Studies total	-	129	-	129	4.5
Biology/Biological Sciences, General	58	-	-	58
Neuroscience	28	-	-	28
Biochemistry	28	-	-	28
Biological And Biomedical Sciences total	114	-	-	114	4
Religion/Religious Studies	29	11	-	40
Philosophy	35	-	-	35
Philosophy and Religious Studies total	64	11	-	75	2.6
Economics, General	26	-	-	26
Political Science and Government, General	17	-	-	17
Criminology	8	-	-	8
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	7	-	-	7
Development Economics and International Development	4	-	-	4
Geography	3	-	-	3
Sociology	3	-	-	3
International Economics	2	-	-	2
International Relations and Affairs	2	-	-	2
Social Sciences, General	-	-	-	-
Social Sciences total	72	-	-	72	2.5
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other	38	-	-	38
Health Communication	-	15	-	15
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	14	-	-	14
Journalism	1	-	-	1
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs total	53	15	-	68	2.4
Public Health Education and Promotion	52	-	-	52
Health Professions and Related Programs total	52	-	-	52	1.8
English Language and Literature, General	7	12	-	19
Creative Writing	17	-	-	17
English Language and Literature/Letters total	24	12	-	36	1.3
Human Biology	10	-	-	10
International/Global Studies	-	7	-	7
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution	6	-	-	6
Museology/Museum Studies	-	-	3	3
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	-	-	-	-
Classical, Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies and Archaeology	-	-	-	-
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies total	16	7	3	26	0.9
Engineering/Industrial Management	-	17	-	17
Engineering Technologies and Engineering-Related Fields, Other	-	6	-	6
Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Other	-	-	-	-
Engineering Technology and Engineering-Related Fields total	-	23	-	23	0.8
Environmental Science	16	-	-	16
Environmental Studies	7	-	-	7
Natural Resources and Conservation total	23	-	-	23	0.8
Physics, General	11	-	-	11
Chemistry, General	8	-	-	8
Geology/Earth Science, General	3	-	-	3
Physical Sciences total	22	-	-	22	0.8
Music, General	11	-	-	11
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	2	6	-	8
Music Performance, General	2	-	-	2
Visual and Performing Arts total	15	6	-	21	0.7
Spanish Language and Literature	9	-	-	9
Latin Language and Literature	3	-	-	3
French Language and Literature	2	-	-	2
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General	1	-	-	1
German Language and Literature	1	-	-	1
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics total	16	-	-	16	0.6
Mathematics, General	11	-	-	11
Statistics, General	5	-	-	5
Mathematics and Statistics total	16	-	-	16	0.6
Divinity/Ministry	-	7	-	7
Lay Ministry	-	6	-	6
Theological and Ministerial Studies, Other	-	2	-	2
Religious Education	-	-	-	-
Theology and Religious Vocations total	-	15	-	15	0.5
History, General	10	-	-	10
History total	10	-	-	10	0.4
Family Systems	9	-	-	9
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences total	9	-	-	9	0.3
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	-	8	-	8
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services total	-	8	-	8	0.3
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other	7	-	-	7
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities total	7	-	-	7	0.2
Women's Studies	2	-	-	2
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender and Group Studies total	2	-	-	2	0.1