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About 17.2 percent of the 1,855 degrees and certificates handed out by the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point in 2017-18 were to students in natural resources and conservation 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 public institution in Point conferred 274 bachelor's degrees and 26 certificates in natural resources and conservation 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 139 bachelor's degrees in general business administration and management, followed by 111 bachelor's degrees in general biology/biological sciences and 102 bachelor's degrees in natural resources management and policy.

The university enrolled 9,086 students for 2017-18, including 8,771 in undergraduate programs and 315 in graduate programs.

Program	Bachelor's degrees awarded	Associates degrees	Graduate and professional degrees awarded	Certificates awarded	Total degrees and certificates awarded	Percent of total
Natural Resources Management and Policy	102	-	-	-	102
Forestry, General	70	-	-	4	74
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management	54	-	-	-	54
Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management	48	-	-	-	48
Natural Resources/Conservation, General	-	-	19	-	19
Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management	-	-	-	19	19
Land Use Planning and Management/Development	-	-	-	3	3
Natural Resources and Conservation total	274	-	19	26	319	17.2
Elementary Education and Teaching	63	-	3	-	66
Education, General	-	-	31	-	31
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	29	-	-	-	29
Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education	27	-	-	-	27
Special Education and Teaching, General	25	-	-	-	25
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	13	-	-	11	24
Music Teacher Education	16	-	-	-	16
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas, Other	-	-	5	-	5
Education total	173	-	39	11	223	12
Communication Sciences and Disorders, General	36	-	31	-	67
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other	52	-	-	-	52
Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist	28	-	-	-	28
Dietetics/Dietitian	24	-	-	-	24
Athletic Training/Trainer	13	-	-	-	13
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	10	-	-	-	10
Health and Wellness, General	8	-	-	-	8
Audiology/Audiologist	-	-	6	-	6
Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator	1	-	-	-	1
Health Professions and Related Programs total	172	-	37	-	209	11.3
Business Administration and Management, General	139	-	-	-	139
Accounting	21	-	-	-	21
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services total	160	-	-	-	160	8.6
Biology/Biological Sciences, General	111	-	-	-	111
Biochemistry	37	-	-	-	37
Biological And Biomedical Sciences total	148	-	-	-	148	8
Sociology	45	-	-	-	45
Political Science and Government, General	29	-	-	-	29
Geography	10	-	-	15	25
Social Sciences, General	13	-	-	-	13
International Relations and Affairs	-	-	-	12	12
Economics, General	6	-	-	-	6
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	-	-	-	4	4
Social Sciences total	103	-	-	31	134	7.2
Art/Art Studies, General	42	-	-	-	42
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General	20	-	-	-	20
Interior Design	17	-	-	-	17
Fine and Studio Arts Management	15	-	-	-	15
Music Performance, General	9	-	-	-	9
Music, General	7	-	-	-	7
Dance, General	5	-	-	-	5
Music History, Literature, and Theory	1	-	-	-	1
Visual and Performing Arts total	116	-	-	-	116	6.2
Psychology, General	88	-	-	-	88
Psychology total	88	-	-	-	88	4.7
Communication, General	69	-	3	-	72
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs total	69	-	3	-	72	3.9
Information Technology	34	-	-	-	34
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design	20	-	-	-	20
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services total	54	-	-	-	54	2.9
Health and Physical Education/Fitness, General	46	-	-	-	46
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies total	46	-	-	-	46	2.5
Soil Science and Agronomy, General	37	-	-	-	37
Aquaculture	-	-	-	1	1
Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences total	37	-	-	1	38	2
English Language and Literature, General	36	-	-	-	36
English Language and Literature/Letters total	36	-	-	-	36	1.9
Spanish Language and Literature	19	-	-	-	19
French Language and Literature	6	-	-	-	6
Linguistics	-	-	-	3	3
German Language and Literature	3	-	-	-	3
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics total	28	-	-	3	31	1.7
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other	-	18	-	-	18
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	7	-	-	-	7
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities total	7	18	-	-	25	1.4
Geology/Earth Science, General	12	-	-	-	12
Physics, General	7	-	-	-	7
Chemistry, General	6	-	-	-	6
Physical Sciences total	25	-	-	-	25	1.4
Mathematics, General	23	-	-	-	23
Mathematics and Statistics total	23	-	-	-	23	1.2
Biological and Physical Sciences	10	-	-	-	10
International/Global Studies	6	-	-	-	6
Computational Science	1	-	3	-	4
Nutrition Sciences	-	-	2	-	2
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	1	-	-	-	1
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies total	18	-	5	-	23	1.2
Social Work	23	-	-	-	23
Public Administration	-	-	-	-	-
Public Administration and Social Service Professions total	23	-	-	-	23	1.2
History, General	22	-	-	-	22
History total	22	-	-	-	22	1.2
Chemical Engineering	10	-	-	-	10
Paper Science and Engineering	7	-	-	-	7
Engineering total	17	-	-	-	17	0.9
Philosophy	16	-	-	-	16
Philosophy and Religious Studies total	16	-	-	-	16	0.9
Family and Community Services	-	-	7	-	7
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences total	-	-	7	-	7	0.4