North Baltimore Journal

About 15.4 percent of the 5,732 degrees and certificates handed out by Towson University 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 public institution in Towson conferred 680 bachelor's degrees and 171 master's degrees in business, management, marketing, and related support services programs.

But the single most popular program was for a bachelor's degree in general business administration and management. Data shows the school gave out 511 bachelor's degrees in general business administration and management, followed by 357 bachelor's degrees in general psychology and 270 bachelor's degrees in registered nursing/registered nurse.

The university enrolled 22,923 students for 2017-18, including 19,818 in undergraduate programs and 3,105 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	511	34	-	545
Accounting	161	-	-	161
Human Resources Development	-	76	-	76
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other	-	21	20	41
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management	-	18	10	28
Accounting and Related Services, Other	-	22	-	22
E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce	8	-	-	8
Organizational Behavior Studies	-	-	2	2
Project Management	-	-	1	1
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services total	680	171	33	884	15.4
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	270	-	-	270
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	104	-	11	115
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	35	76	-	111
Health and Wellness, General	91	20	-	111
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	71	-	-	71
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	-	48	-	48
Physician Assistant	-	32	-	32
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General	23	-	-	23
Nursing Practice	-	17	-	17
Athletic Training/Trainer	16	-	-	16
Nursing Education	-	-	12	12
Audiology/Audiologist	-	10	-	10
Health Professions and Related Programs total	610	203	23	836	14.6
Elementary Education and Teaching	136	-	-	136
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	79	29	-	108
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Elementary Special Education Programs	102	-	-	102
Special Education and Teaching, General	19	46	-	65
Education, General	-	51	-	51
Educational/Instructional Technology	-	34	-	34
Education, Other	34	-	-	34
Reading Teacher Education	-	32	-	32
Music Teacher Education	17	8	1	26
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism	-	-	25	25
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching	17	-	-	17
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	13	-	-	13
Art Teacher Education	7	4	-	11
Mathematics Teacher Education	-	7	-	7
Secondary Education and Teaching	-	4	-	4
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas, Other	-	-	-	-
Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision	-	-	-	-
Education total	424	215	26	665	11.6
Social Sciences, Other	243	-	-	243
Political Science and Government, General	78	-	-	78
Economics, General	78	-	-	78
International Relations and Affairs	39	-	-	39
Geography	24	6	-	30
Social Sciences, General	16	3	-	19
Urban Studies/Affairs	4	-	-	4
Social Sciences total	482	9	-	491	8.6
Information Technology	132	75	1	208
Computer Science	121	40	-	161
Information Science/Studies	40	-	-	40
Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration	-	-	22	22
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	-	-	19	19
Information Technology Project Management	-	-	15	15
System, Networking, and LAN/WAN Management/Manager	-	-	3	3
Web/Multimedia Management and Webmaster	-	-	2	2
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services total	293	115	62	470	8.2
Psychology, General	357	42	-	399
School Psychology	-	-	9	9
Psychology total	357	42	9	408	7.1
Mass Communication/Media Studies	188	-	-	188
Communication, General	104	-	-	104
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication, Other	104	-	-	104
Public Relations/Image Management	-	6	-	6
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia	-	-	5	5
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs total	396	6	5	407	7.1
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	200	5	-	205
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	125	-	-	125
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies total	325	5	-	330	5.8
Fine/Studio Arts, General	81	4	-	85
Art/Art Studies, General	68	-	-	68
Music, General	25	8	-	33
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General	20	5	-	25
Visual and Performing Arts, Other	-	5	14	19
Acting	12	-	-	12
Dance, General	10	-	-	10
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	7	-	-	7
Visual and Performing Arts total	223	22	14	259	4.5
Biology/Biological Sciences, General	173	16	-	189
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Other	28	-	-	28
Ecology	-	14	-	14
Biological And Biomedical Sciences total	201	30	-	231	4
English Language and Literature, General	113	-	-	113
Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing	-	23	-	23
English Language and Literature/Letters total	113	23	-	136	2.4
Human Services, General	129	-	-	129
Community Organization and Advocacy	-	3	-	3
Public Administration and Social Service Professions total	129	3	-	132	2.3
Chemistry, General	47	-	-	47
Physics, General	14	-	-	14
Geology/Earth Science, General	9	-	-	9
Physics, Other	-	4	-	4
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Other	2	-	-	2
Physical Sciences total	72	4	-	76	1.3
Deaf Studies	48	-	-	48
American/United States Studies/Civilization	17	-	-	17
Women's Studies	4	5	-	9
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender and Group Studies total	69	5	-	74	1.3
Forensic Science and Technology	14	30	-	44
Homeland Security	-	9	7	16
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services total	14	39	7	60	1
Mathematics, General	39	-	-	39
Applied Mathematics, General	-	16	-	16
Mathematics and Statistics total	39	16	-	55	1
Natural Resources/Conservation, General	50	-	-	50
Natural Resources and Conservation total	50	-	-	50	0.9
History, General	44	-	-	44
History total	44	-	-	44	0.8
Family Systems	20	-	10	30
Child Development	-	12	-	12
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences total	20	12	10	42	0.7
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General	23	-	-	23
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	12	-	-	12
Gerontology	-	3	-	3
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies total	35	3	-	38	0.7
Foreign Languages and Literatures, General	23	-	-	23
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics total	23	-	-	23	0.4
Philosophy	8	-	-	8
Religion/Religious Studies	2	-	-	2
Jewish/Judaic Studies	-	1	-	1
Religion/Religious Studies, Other	-	-	-	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies total	10	1	-	11	0.2
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other	-	7	-	7
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	-	3	-	3
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities total	-	10	-	10	0.2