Lima Reporter

About 30.5 percent of the 210 degrees and certificates handed out by Bluffton University in 2017-18 were to students in business, management, marketing, and related support services programs, making them the most popular programs that year, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.

The agency's National Center for Education Statistics shows the private not-for-profit institution in Bluffton conferred 46 bachelor's degrees and 18 master's degrees in business, management, marketing, and related support services programs.

But the single most popular program was for a bachelor's degree in organizational behavior studies. Data shows the school gave out 18 bachelor's degrees in organizational behavior studies, followed by 18 bachelor's degrees in social work and 16 master's degrees in general business administration and management.

The university enrolled 770 students for 2017-18, including 700 in undergraduate programs and 70 in graduate programs.

Program	Bachelor's degrees awarded	Graduate and professional degrees awarded	Certificates awarded	Total degrees and certificates awarded	Percent of total
Business Administration and Management, General	13	16	-	29
Organizational Behavior Studies	18	2	-	20
Accounting	14	-	-	14
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	1	-	-	1
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services total	46	18	-	64	30.5
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	10	-	-	10
Special Education and Teaching, General	7	-	-	7
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching	3	-	-	3
Music Teacher Education	3	-	-	3
Education, General	-	2	-	2
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	-	-	-	-
Education total	23	2	-	25	11.9
Social Work	18	-	-	18
Public Administration and Social Service Professions total	18	-	-	18	8.6
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	11	-	-	11
Health and Physical Education/Fitness, General	6	-	-	6
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies total	17	-	-	17	8.1
Dietetics/Dietitian	-	-	10	10
Public Health, General	2	-	-	2
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies	-	-	-	-
Art Therapy/Therapist	-	-	-	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	-	-	-	-
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	-	-	-	-
Health Professions and Related Programs total	2	-	10	12	5.7
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	6	-	-	6
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	2	-	-	2
Broadcast Journalism	2	-	-	2
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia	1	-	-	1
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs total	11	-	-	11	5.2
Psychology, General	10	-	-	10
Psychology total	10	-	-	10	4.8
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies, General	7	-	-	7
Child Development	2	-	-	2
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences total	9	-	-	9	4.3
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	9	-	-	9
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services total	9	-	-	9	4.3
English Language and Literature, General	5	-	-	5
Writing, General	1	-	-	1
English Language and Literature/Letters total	6	-	-	6	2.9
Bible/Biblical Studies	3	-	-	3
Youth Ministry	2	-	-	2
Theology and Religious Vocations total	5	-	-	5	2.4
Music, General	4	-	-	4
Art/Art Studies, General	1	-	-	1
Visual and Performing Arts, Other	-	-	-	-
Graphic Design	-	-	-	-
Visual and Performing Arts total	5	-	-	5	2.4
History, General	4	-	-	4
History total	4	-	-	4	1.9
Mathematics, General	3	-	-	3
Mathematics and Statistics total	3	-	-	3	1.4
Sociology	2	-	-	2
Economics, General	1	-	-	1
Social Sciences, General	-	-	-	-
Social Sciences total	3	-	-	3	1.4
Information Technology	2	-	-	2
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services total	2	-	-	2	1
Spanish Language and Literature	2	-	-	2
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics total	2	-	-	2	1
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	2	-	-	2
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies total	2	-	-	2	1
Chemistry, General	2	-	-	2
Physics, General	-	-	-	-
Physical Sciences total	2	-	-	2	1
Biology/Biological Sciences, General	1	-	-	1
Biological And Biomedical Sciences total	1	-	-	1	0.5