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are majoring

  • present progressive of major.

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Computer science isn’t the safe bet it used to be, so a lot of students are majoring in business, says Allison Slater Tate, director of college counseling at a private prep school in Florida.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 11, 2025

Additional students are majoring in media arts, broadcasting, journalism and photography, but enrollment numbers were not immediately available from college officials.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2022

The industry relies heavily on computer science graduates, yet fewer women are majoring in the subject.

From New York Times Feb. 10, 2017

Residents of Boone or Winnebago County, Illinois, who are majoring in agriculture, agribusiness or agriculture-related studies may be eligible for the Winnebago-Boone Farm Bureau Foundation Scholarships.

From US News Aug. 4, 2016

They are majoring in biological engineering, brain and cognitive sciences, aeronautics, mechanical engineering, computer science and nuclear science.

From Washington Post Mar. 14, 2015