Students concentrating in life and physical sciences are more likely to describe their courses as difficult
Respondents were asked: "How would you rate the difficulty of your courses?"
Very
difficult
Somewhat
difficult
Neither
easy nor difficult
Somewhat
easy
Very
easy
Overall
Overall
6.6%
44.2%
39.3%
8.1%
1.8%
AREA OF STUDY
Humanities
3.1%
36.8%
50.9%
8.6%
0.7%
Social sciences (incl. econ)
2.5%
37.3%
45.1%
13.2%
2.0%
Life sciences
7.3%
52.1%
35.4%
5.2%
Physical sciences (incl. CS and math)
10.1%
47.9%
32.4%
7.3%
2.2%
ATHLETE
Yes
8.2%
42.9%
36.9%
10.0%
2.0%
No
6.5%
44.3%
39.5%
8.0%
1.8%
CLASS YEAR
2025
7.0%
38.3%
37.3%
13.9%
3.5%
2026
5.2%
49.5%
38.6%
6.2%
0.5%
2027
10.6%
49.3%
34.1%
4.3%
1.6%
2028
3.5%
39.5%
47.4%
8.1%
1.5%