College of Arts and Sciences Fact Sheet

Fast Facts | 10 Most Popular Majors | Faculty Honors and Awards

Fast Facts
Number of undergraduate students 10,913

Number of graduate students 1,174
Undergraduate degrees awarded in 2007-08 2,479
Graduate degrees awarded in 2007-08 306

Percent of UO undergraduate degrees awarded by CAS 62%
Percent of UO Ph.D. degrees awarded by CAS 76%
Number of living alumni 89,980
Number of faculty 526
Number of academic departments and interdisciplinary programs 40
Number of majors    48

10 Most Popular Majors
1.    Psychology
2.    Political Science
3.    English
4.    Human Physiology
5.    Biology
6.    Sociology
7.    Economics
8.    History
9.    Environmental Studies
10. Spanish

Faculty Honors and Awards (current and emeritus faculty)
32 Guggenheim Fellows
26 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
15 National Science Foundation Career Awards
8    American Academy of Arts and Sciences members
5    National Academy of Sciences members
1    MacArthur Fellow