About 20.3 percent of the 2,478 degrees and certificates handed out by William Paterson University of New Jersey 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 Wayne conferred 409 bachelor’s degrees and 95 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 psychology. Data shows the school gave out 211 bachelor’s degrees in general psychology, followed by 207 bachelor’s degrees in speech communication and rhetoric and 152 bachelor’s degrees in criminal justice/safety studies.
The university enrolled 10,198 students for 2017-18, including 8,735 in undergraduate programs and 1,463 in graduate programs.
Degrees awarded for 2017-18
| Program | Bachelor’s degrees awarded | Graduate and professional degrees awarded | Certificates awarded | Total degrees and certificates awarded | Percent of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Management Science | 114 | – | – | 114 | |
| Accounting | 110 | – | – | 110 | |
| Business Administration and Management, General | – | 95 | – | 95 | |
| Marketing/Marketing Management, General | 67 | – | – | 67 | |
| Finance, General | 58 | – | – | 58 | |
| International Business/Trade/Commerce | 23 | – | – | 23 | |
| Financial Planning and Services | 19 | – | – | 19 | |
| Selling Skills and Sales Operations | 18 | – | – | 18 | |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services total | 409 | 95 | – | 504 | 20.3 |
| Elementary Education and Teaching | 37 | 11 | 1 | 49 | |
| Early Childhood Education and Teaching | 36 | – | 4 | 40 | |
| Special Education and Teaching, General | – | 30 | 8 | 38 | |
| Teacher Education, Multiple Levels | – | 33 | 1 | 34 | |
| Educational Leadership and Administration, General | – | 18 | 7 | 25 | |
| Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services | – | 23 | – | 23 | |
| Physical Education Teaching and Coaching | 19 | – | – | 19 | |
| Secondary Education and Teaching | – | 16 | – | 16 | |
| Reading Teacher Education | – | 14 | – | 14 | |
| Higher Education/Higher Education Administration | – | 13 | – | 13 | |
| Bilingual and Multilingual Education | – | – | 4 | 4 | |
| Educational/Instructional Technology | – | – | 4 | 4 | |
| Education/Teaching of Individuals with Specific Learning Disabilities | – | – | 2 | 2 | |
| School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
| Education total | 92 | 158 | 32 | 282 | 11.4 |
| Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse | 76 | 26 | – | 102 | |
| Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling | 59 | – | – | 59 | |
| Communication Sciences and Disorders, General | 15 | 32 | – | 47 | |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General | 17 | – | – | 17 | |
| Athletic Training/Trainer | 11 | – | – | 11 | |
| Nursing Practice | – | 8 | – | 8 | |
| Nursing Education | – | – | – | – | |
| Health Professions and Related Programs total | 178 | 66 | – | 244 | 9.8 |
| Psychology, General | 211 | – | – | 211 | |
| Clinical Psychology | – | 16 | – | 16 | |
| Psychology total | 211 | 16 | – | 227 | 9.2 |
| Speech Communication and Rhetoric | 207 | – | – | 207 | |
| Organizational Communication, General | – | 13 | – | 13 | |
| Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs total | 207 | 13 | – | 220 | 8.9 |
| Criminal Justice/Safety Studies | 152 | – | – | 152 | |
| Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services total | 152 | – | – | 152 | 6.1 |
| Sociology | 88 | 7 | – | 95 | |
| Political Science and Government, General | 17 | 4 | – | 21 | |
| Economics, General | 18 | – | – | 18 | |
| Anthropology | 10 | – | – | 10 | |
| Geography | – | – | – | – | |
| Research Methodology and Quantitative Methods | – | – | – | – | |
| Social Sciences total | 133 | 11 | – | 144 | 5.8 |
| Music, General | 62 | 11 | – | 73 | |
| Art/Art Studies, General | 54 | 8 | – | 62 | |
| Art History, Criticism and Conservation | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
| Music Performance, General | 2 | – | – | 2 | |
| Fine/Studio Arts, General | – | – | – | – | |
| Visual and Performing Arts, General | – | – | – | – | |
| Visual and Performing Arts total | 121 | 19 | – | 140 | 5.6 |
| Kinesiology and Exercise Science | 75 | 9 | – | 84 | |
| Sport and Fitness Administration/Management | 31 | – | – | 31 | |
| Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies total | 106 | 9 | – | 115 | 4.6 |
| English Language and Literature, General | 69 | 8 | – | 77 | |
| Creative Writing | – | 4 | – | 4 | |
| English Language and Literature/Letters total | 69 | 12 | – | 81 | 3.3 |
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 65 | 5 | – | 70 | |
| Biotechnology | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | |
| Biological And Biomedical Sciences total | 71 | 8 | – | 79 | 3.2 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies | 77 | – | – | 77 | |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities total | 77 | – | – | 77 | 3.1 |
| History, General | 42 | 7 | – | 49 | |
| History total | 42 | 7 | – | 49 | 2 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | 33 | – | – | 33 | |
| Information Technology | 13 | – | – | 13 | |
| Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services total | 46 | – | – | 46 | 1.9 |
| Mathematics, General | 26 | – | – | 26 | |
| Mathematics and Statistics total | 26 | – | – | 26 | 1 |
| Environmental Studies | 25 | – | – | 25 | |
| Natural Resources and Conservation total | 25 | – | – | 25 | 1 |
| Chemistry, General | 20 | – | – | 20 | |
| Geology/Earth Science, General | 5 | – | – | 5 | |
| Physical Sciences total | 25 | – | – | 25 | 1 |
| Women’s Studies | 5 | – | – | 5 | |
| Asian Studies/Civilization | 4 | – | – | 4 | |
| African-American/Black Studies | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
| Latin American Studies | 2 | – | – | 2 | |
| Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender and Group Studies total | 14 | – | – | 14 | 0.6 |
| Legal Studies, General | 14 | – | – | 14 | |
| Legal Professions and Studies total | 14 | – | – | 14 | 0.6 |
| Spanish Language and Literature | 8 | – | – | 8 | |
| French Language and Literature | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics total | 9 | – | – | 9 | 0.4 |
| Philosophy | 5 | – | – | 5 | |
| Philosophy and Religious Studies total | 5 | – | – | 5 | 0.2 |
