Columbia Standard

About 17.7 percent of the 248 degrees and certificates handed out by Benedict College 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 private not-for-profit institution in Columbia conferred 44 bachelor'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 business administration and management. Data shows the school gave out 39 bachelor's degrees in general business administration and management, followed by 31 bachelor's degrees in criminal justice/law enforcement administration and 29 bachelor's degrees in general human development and family studies.

The college enrolled 2,165 students for 2017-18, all of whom were enrolled in undergraduate programs.

Program	Bachelor's degrees awarded	Total degrees and certificates awarded	Percent of total
Business Administration and Management, General	39	39
Accounting	5	5
Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other	-	-
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	-	-
Transportation/Mobility Management	-	-
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services total	44	44	17.7
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	31	31
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services total	31	31	12.5
Human Development and Family Studies, General	29	29
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences total	29	29	11.7
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	19	19
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies	5	5
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies total	24	24	9.7
Biology/Biological Sciences, General	19	19
Biological And Biomedical Sciences total	19	19	7.7
Mass Communication/Media Studies	16	16
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs total	16	16	6.4
Social Work	16	16
Public Administration and Social Service Professions total	16	16	6.4
Psychology, General	14	14
Psychology total	14	14	5.6
Public Health, General	10	10
Environmental Health	2	2
Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy	-	-
Public Health, Other	-	-
Health Professions and Related Programs total	12	12	4.8
General Studies	11	11
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities total	11	11	4.4
Music Technology	4	4
Fine/Studio Arts, General	3	3
Music Performance, General	1	1
Voice and Opera	-	-
Visual and Performing Arts total	8	8	3.2
Economics, General	3	3
Political Science and Government, General	2	2
Sociology	1	1
Social Sciences total	6	6	2.4
Computer Engineering, General	3	3
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	1	1
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	-	-
Engineering Physics/Applied Physics	-	-
Engineering total	4	4	1.6
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Other	4	4
Engineering Technology and Engineering-Related Fields total	4	4	1.6
History, General	4	4
History total	4	4	1.6
English Language and Literature, General	3	3
English Language and Literature/Letters total	3	3	1.2
Elementary Education and Teaching	2	2
Art Teacher Education	-	-
Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching	-	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	-	-
Education total	2	2	0.8
Computer Science	1	1
Information Science/Studies	-	-
Computer and Information Sciences, General	-	-
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services total	1	1	0.4
Mathematics, General	-	-
Mathematics and Statistics total	-	-	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other	-	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies total	-	-	-
Physical Sciences, Other	-	-
Chemistry, General	-	-
Physics, General	-	-
Chemistry, Other	-	-
Physics, Other	-	-
Physical Sciences total	-	-	-