For the first time in 15 years, finance is the most popular major at Boston College, with 1,360 undergraduates enrolled for the 2022-2023 academic year, followed by economics (1,260), 自2012-2013年以来，哪个行业每年都高居榜首，2013-2014年以来一直领先于金融业.
十大热门专业排行榜的其他显著变化还包括神经科学(第411名)，这是该专业作为本科专业的第四年上升至第九位, 而心理学(571分)和传播学(570分)则从去年的第5名和第6名互换了名次.
生物学(883分)和政治学(743分)保持了前两名, respectively, third and fourth, as they have since 2016-2017.
另外三个一直很受欢迎的本科专业也进入了前十:计算机科学，第七(556);, nursing at eighth (418), 应用心理学和人类发展(第10名，382名)，后两个专业自2011-2012年以来一直是BC省电子游戏软件人数最多的专业.
These and other data for the University’s 9,484 undergraduate day students and 5,机构电子游戏正规平台与规划办公室(IR)在2022年秋季学期编制了250名电子游戏正规平台生&P)，作为其为管理人员提供的年度事实和数据摘要的一部分, faculty, staff, and students. 当前和过去版本的波士顿大学事实书可访问 blairekidsarts.net/factbook.
其他报告的统计数据显示，林奇教育与人类发展学院的电子游戏正规平台生人数最多(958人)。, followed by the Carroll School of Management (849), Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences (823), BC Law School (813), BC School of Social Work (633), Woods College of Advancing Studies (566), Connell School of Nursing (341), and School of Theology and Ministry (318).
金融交易和贸易是以各方之间的信任为基础的, which speaks to a basic aspect of human nature. In the classroom, 即使我们涵盖了金融的基础知识和公司融资或投资等领域, we also emphasize ethics and doing the right thing. Those topics dovetail with recent trends in finance, such as corporate social responsibility and environmental, social, and governance investing. 因此，金融与不列颠哥伦比亚省的个人关系价值观非常吻合.
Statistics such as popular majors, according to administrators and faculty, offer insights into the interests, motivations, and aspirations of BC students, and how these may evolve or remain constant over time. While individual positions may vary from year to year, most of the current popular majors at BC—specifically finance, 经济学(包括莫里西学院和卡罗尔学院的招生), biology, political science, communication, psychology, 而护理——至少从21世纪开始就进入了前10名, and some far longer.
这些数据还为考虑BC学生在更广泛的社会和代际趋势中的学术和职业兴趣提供了一个标准. National analyses of undergrad majors are ubiquitous, 但一眼就能看出一些共同点:商科或与商科有关的专业, nursing, psychology, biology, economics, computer science, communication, 在美国的高等教育中，政治科学的电子游戏软件率往往很高.
This is why enrollment data for BC benefits from context, 管理人员和教职员工说:这些数字应该通过一个主要的国家耶稣会的镜头来看待, Catholic university and the students it attracts.
负责本科生学术事务的副教务长Akua Sarr (Lee Pellegrini)
负责本科生学术事务的副教务长Akua Sarr认为，BC大学的本科生带着实用主义和健康的兴趣来到高地, and concern for, the larger world around them. “Yes, they consider majors that most likely help lead to a job, but they want to study those big issues: climate change, health disparities, economic inequities, racial justice,” she said. “他们也想要解决信仰、价值观、道德和伦理等重大问题. BC的核心课程和跨学科的辅修课程使这些探索成为可能, 我们的毕业生将以独特的视角和全球视野走向世界, whatever their major may have been.
“So, clearly, 虽然我们的学生被许多相同的学科所吸引，但他们的同龄人也是如此, they know their BC education involves the whole person, 并给他们独特的见解，帮助指导他们在许多方面的生活.”
Finance not only is the most popular undergraduate major, 同时也是BC连续第五年电子游戏软件人数最多的辅修课程(566人)。. Others, in order, are: marketing (258), management and leadership (257), managing for social impact (170), computer science (148), philosophy (146), history (120), global public health (106), medical humanities (105), and international studies (92).
豪布家族教授兼金融主席罗尼·萨德卡(李·佩莱格里尼)
Finance Chair Ronnie Sadka, the Haub Family Professor in the Carroll School, said the popularity of finance at Boston College—a Jesuit, 天主教大学拥有坚实的文科遗产——不应被视为一种矛盾或反常.
“金融交易和贸易是建立在各方信任的基础上的, which speaks to a basic aspect of human nature,” he pointed out. “In the classroom, 即使我们涵盖了金融的基础知识和公司融资或投资等领域, we also emphasize ethics and doing the right thing. Those topics dovetail with recent trends in finance, such as corporate social responsibility and environmental, social, and governance investing. 因此，金融与不列颠哥伦比亚省的个人关系价值观非常吻合.”
金融专业的吸引力在于其高质量的教学, 从世界顶级电子游戏正规平台项目中招募专家教师, and rigorous, challenging, relevant classes that constantly adapt to industry trends, said Sadka, 指的是一门基于流行的多编程语言Python的数据分析课程. A placement rate of nearly 100 percent, strong ties to Wall Street, and a generous, supportive alumni network are other assets, he said.
As an undergraduate minor, Sadka said, 金融“很好地补充了学生在数学等其他专业获得的相关技能, economics, or computer science, 而对其他人来说，它为就业市场提供了一些对冲或选择. 有些学生只是因为个人对这个话题感兴趣而想学习金融.”
Associate Professor and Chair of Computer Science Sergio Alvarez
IR&P还提供了过去十年中专业增长百分比最大的项目和学科列表. Finance is on it—at third (58 percent), 排在经济学前面(24%)，但排在第一位的是计算机科学, 自2013年以来，莫里西学院和卡罗尔学院的专业人数增加了297%.
副教授兼计算机科学系主任塞尔吉奥·阿尔瓦雷斯(Sergio Alvarez)表示，该系超越了该学科的技术范畴, mathematical, and operational facets, 包括关于伦理考虑和社会影响的讨论, 并提供专门针对这些领域的课程(技术和文化). 该系也是莫里西学院(Morrissey College)计划开设的数据科学辅修课程的主要贡献者, 在菲茨杰拉德计算机科学教授乔治·莫勒的指导下.
“Our faculty’s research is directly intended to benefit society, 通过开发和应用先进的计算技术，改进对人类健康和行为中出现的问题的理解和管理, urban planning, accessibility, and criminal justice, among others,” he said. “我们越来越多的本科专业学生利用机会参与并为教师在这些和其他主题上的电子游戏正规平台做出贡献.”
Sean Smith | University Communications | March 2023