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Table 8 Final major and expected major open by gender and race conditional on not reporting “Do not Know”

From: What happens after enrollment? An analysis of the time path of racial differences in GPA and major choice

   

White

Black

White

Black

 

White

Black

Male

Male

Female

Female

Final Major (%)

      

Humanities/Social Science

49.5

70.4

36.4

65.0

65.6

72.3

Natural Sci/Engineering/Economics

50.5

29.6

63.6

35.0

34.4

27.7

Expected Major (%)

      

Humanities/Social Science

39.2

38.3

31.3

23.3

49

44

Natural Sci/Engineering/Economics

60.8

61.7

68.7

76.7

51

56

  1. Note: Expected major was reported in the summer previous coming to Duke.