Business became the most popular undergraduate major in America in 1980-1981, surpassing education nearly 40 years ago when 200,523 graduates chose business over the 108,074 grads who majored in education, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. By 2015-2016, the latest year for which numbers are available. more than three times as many graduates majored in business than education, 371,694 vs. 106,850.