How do student athlete academic pursuits compare to their classmates? Check out the differences:

The most common major among players in the NCAAA basketball tournament: business. 140 players take Business, Marketing, Finance and other related academic majors, according to research collected by Slate.

Here are the most popular majors:

1. Business
2. Humanities
3. Communications
4. Sports Management
5. Sociology/Social Work
6. Science
7. Criminal Justice/Criminology, and
8. Education.

How does that compare with the general population? Here are the most popular bachelor’s degrees, according to the National Center for Education Statistics:

1. Business
2. Social Sciences/History
3. Health Professions/related sciences
4. Education
5. Psychology
6. Visual/Performing Arts
7. Engineering/Engineering Technologies, and
8. Communications, Journalism and Communications Technologies.

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