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The most popular Princeton University undergraduate major is Computer Science. Econometrics and Quantitative Economics and Public Policy Analysis, General are other popular majors.

Computer Science150
Public Policy Analysis, General123
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics93
Political Science and Government, General72
History, General54
Operations Research54
Mechanical Engineering49
Molecular Biology46
Mathematics, General41
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology40
Anthropology, General39
Neuroscience36
Electrical and Electronics Engineering31
English Language and Literature, General30
Sociology, General30
Experimental Psychology28
Chemistry, General27
Civil Engineering, General25
Physics, General25
Chemical Engineering23
Philosophy23
Art History, Criticism and Conservation16
African-American/Black Studies15
Hispanic and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General15
Geology/Earth Science, General13
Near and Middle Eastern Studies10
Astrophysics8
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics8
Comparative Literature8
East Asian Studies8
Architecture6
German Language and Literature6
Linguistics5
French Language and Literature4
Music, General4
Religion/Religious Studies4
Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics4
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other2
Engineering, General0
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics0

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