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Table 12 Summary counts of graduates and total enrollment for pre- and post-HOPE

From: The effect of Georgia’s HOPE scholarship on college major: a focus on STEM

 

Pre-HOPE

Post-HOPE

% Change

A. Graduates

   

Earned STEM major

3,910

4,429

0.133

Earned business major

4,695

6,366

0.356

Earned education major

3,326

3,155

−0.051

Earned health major

1,084

1,343

0.239

Earned liberal arts major

2,948

3,726

0.264

Earned social science major

3,534

3,883

0.099

Total graduates

19,497

22,902

0.175

B. Enrollment

Pre-HOPE

Post-HOPE

% Change

Initial STEM major

4,887

6,045

0.237

Initial business major

3,892

4,640

0.192

Initial education major

1,354

1,867

0.379

Initial health major

1,568

2,452

0.564

Initial liberal arts major

12,722

14,270

0.122

Initial social science major

2,498

2,530

0.013

Initial undeclared major

16,711

17,903

0.071

Total enrollment

43,632

49,707

0.139