As more UT students pursue STEM and business degrees, others are taking a hit, according to the latest enrollment data.
Longhorns are choosing STEM and business degrees more often. In fall 2024, all five of the most popular majors were in STEM or business fields, with biology topping the list at over 3,000 students. Total undergraduate enrollment at UT Austin was just over 40,000.
Many humanities degrees appear to be losing popularity among new cohorts at the University of Texas. Several languages, including Russian, German and French, had fewer than five students in the fall 2024 semester. The rhetoric and composition program, which had nearly 700 students a decade ago, also enrolled fewer than five students for the most recent semester.
A handful of humanities programs, like classics and music, saw an increase in enrollment. Digital arts added more than 300 students over the last decade.
STEM programs like experimental psychology, econometrics and exercise science were the fastest growing programs at UT, adding thousands of students in the same time period.
The University of Texas decided this spring to consolidate several language, gender and ethnic studies programs into just two larger departments: European and Eurasian Studies and Social and Cultural Analysis.
Meanwhile, UT also announced a new School of Computing, which officials say will combine computer science, information, statistics and data sciences into a new hub.