The most disproportionately popular college major in Alabama

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Choosing a college major is always an important decision and one that can dictate your future career.

Some college majors are more popular than others, however, as a study by employment site Zippia recently discovered. The analysis also found some fields of study are disproportionately popular in certain areas of the country.

Zippia used data from the U.S. Census Bureau to determine the most disproportionately popular college major in each U.S. state. The rankings don't show the most popular or common college majors (those are humanities followed by business) but instead the field of study that is especially popular in each state when compared to other states.

In Alabama, the most disproportionately popular college major was nuclear, industrial radiology and biological technologies. Other states where the same major showed up at the top of the list were Idaho and Tennessee.
Here are the results from every state:

Alabama - Nuclear technologies
Alaska - Geology and Earth science
Arizona - Mining and mineral engineering

Arkansas - Nuclear, Industrial Radiology and Biological Tech
California - Cognitive science and biopsychology
Colorado - Geological and geophysical engineering
Connecticut - Actuarial science
Delaware - Interdisciplinary social studies
Florida - Criminology
Georgia - Early childhood education
Hawaii - Oceanography
Idaho - Nuclear, Industrial Radiology and Biological Tech
Illinois - Actuarial science
Indiana - Mechanical engineering related technology
Iowa - Agriculture production and management
Kansas - Agricultural science
Kentucky - General agriculture
Louisiana - Petroleum engineering
Maine - Naval architecture and marine engineering
Maryland - Astronomy and astrophysics
Massachusetts - Naval architecture and marine engineering
Michigan - Mechanical engineering related technology
Minnesota - Miscellaneous social studies
Mississippi - Miscellaneous agriculture
Missouri - Miscellaneous agriculture
Montana - Geological and geophysical engineering
Nebraska - Agricultural economics
Nevada - Mining and mineral engineering
New Hampshire - Atmospheric sciences and meteorology
New Jersey - Actuarial sciences
New Mexico - Nuclear engineering
New York - Visual and performing arts
North Carolina - Materials engineering and materials science
North Dakota - Agricultural economics
Ohio - Teacher education
Oklahoma - Petroleum engineering
Oregon - Forestry
Pennsylvania - Information sciences
Rhode Island - Naval architecture and marine engineering
South Carolina - Oceanography
South Dakota - Agriculture production and management
Tennessee - Nuclear engineering
Texas - Petroleum engineering
Utah - Community and public health
Vermont - Environmental science
Virginia - International relations
Washington - Oceanography
West Virginia - Mining and mineral engineering
Wisconsin - Soil science
Wyoming - Mineral and mineral engineering

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