What are/were you and your family's college majors?

[Indy Texas]

Inspired by a blurb I saw on the news feed in the elevator at my office that 10% of married couples had the same major and that religion/theology majors were four times as likely to marry someone who shared their major as people with other majors were.

Me: Economics, History
Mother: Philosophy
Father: Chemistry
Brother: Accounting (in progress)
Maternal Grandmother: Psychology
Maternal Grandfather: Accounting/Business Administration (did not complete degree)

[Antonio the Sixth]

Dad: Engineering
Mom: Engineering (unfinished)
Me: Poli Sci
Brother: Engineering (in progress)

My two grandfathers were both engineers too. I'm the black sheep.

[Morning in Atlas]

Me: Gov/International Studies
Mom: N/A
Dad: N/A
Maternal Grandmother: International Relations
Maternal Grandfather: Law
Paternal Grandmother: N/A
Paternal Grandfather: N/A

[Hifly]

My dad was the first one to go to university (Law/Business Studies).

lol you're all so privileged.

[TDAS04]

Me: Gov/International Relations
Mom: Laboratory Technology
Dad: PreMedicine
Sister: Human Biology and Music
Maternal Grandmother: Library Science

[muon2]

I was the first to complete college on either side of my family. My first degree was a BA in Math and Physics, followed by MS and PhD in Physics (Experimental Elementary Particle Physics). None of my siblings completed college, but I married a Philosophy major. My daughter has completed a BS and MS in Aerospace Engineering and my son is studying towards a BS in Mechanical Engineering.

[MaxQue]

Chemistry. First one to go at university in family.

Both parents went to community college through (Electrotechnician and Administration respectively)

[Mr. Smith]

I don't know if my Paternal Granddad went to college, so N/A for him

And I never bothered to ask what my other Grandparents majored in. I know what careers they went with, but major =/= living once in a while.

My parents were Music majors

As for me, English at the moment.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Maternal Grandfather: Marketing (I think?)
Mom: Communications (marketing concentration)
Me: Finance/Econ
Brother: Econ(/Chem?)

All other direct relatives are N/A. I guess that's not helpful for OPs married couples theory, but I believe there is some small business influence on that side bring passed down.

[TNF]

Paternal Grandfather: Did not go to college
Paternal Grandmother: Did not go to college

Maternal Grandfather: Did not go to college
Maternal Grandmother: Did not go to college

Father: Did not go to college
Stepmother: Exercise Science(?)

Mother: Middle School Education (Science and Social Studies)
Stepfather: Agriculture

Me: Political Science/High School Education
Brother: Physical Education

[dead0man]

Mom-RN
Dad-I never saw a HS diploma, he says he did....nobody is really sure (or cares)
Sister-BS in Dietician (or whatever it's called) then 15 someodd years later went back to school and became an RN as well
Sister-B? in Special Ed/Teaching
me-some college(more than enough for an Associates)/USAF trade school
none of my grandparents had degrees as far as I know

[Türkisblau]

Me: Government/Intl Pol. (for now)
Mother: Architecture/MBA
Father: N/A
Brother: Mechanical Engineering
Maternal Grandmother: RN
Maternal Grandfather: Accounting/MBA
Paternal Grandmother/Father: N/A

[Knives]

Neither my parents or grandparents went to uni. Now I'm doing a Media/Politics major.

[kcguy]

Wow, I definitely come from a different background than a lot of you.  Part of it is because my family is probably a generation or two older than most of yours.

Both of my parents were HS graduates.  (On my dad's side, there were only 3 out of the 11 siblings who did graduate high school.)

I think my grandparents probably had about 16 years of schooling between them.


By the way, I'm an only child, and my major was architectural engineering.

[Hifly]

Neither my parents or grandparents went to uni. Now I'm doing a Media/Politics major.

What, at the age of 40? What about your wife?

[HagridOfTheDeep]

Me: BA (History and Geography), BEd (Primary/Junior Education), MEd (Society, Culture, and Politics in Education)

Sister: BAA (Animation)

Everyone else: Nothing

[tmthforu94]

Me: Journalism
Mom: Primary Education
Dad: Accounting
Brother 1: Plastics Engineering
Brother 2: Accounting

[Kushahontas]

Me: Political Science for undergrad, Public Administration currently
Everyone else: N/A

[Vosem]

Soviet Union:
Paternal Grandfather: Electrical Engineering
Paternal Grandmother: Economics
Father: Pre-Medicine (didn't have a major; enrolled in a program where he was able to go directly to medical school after two years of college)

America:
Uncle (father's brother): Business
Mother (first in her family to go to college): Computer Science
Me (about to start college in a bit more than a month; this is my intention): Biochemistry

[Maxwell]

Me: Accounting
Dad: Clinical Psychology
Mom: Psychology

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Parents both majored in religion (more confirmation!), sister anthropology, me nothing yet (probably poli sci because this is Atlas).

[DC Al Fine]

Me: Accounting
Dad: Civil Engineering
Mom: Civil Engineering
Maternal Grandfather: Civil Engineering

My brother is also in Civil Engineering... I sense a pattern here

[ilikeverin]

Me: Linguistics/Psychology (BA/BS) + Neuroscience and Cognitive Science (MS/eventual PhD)
Brother: Political Science/History (BA/BA) + International Policy (MA)
Dad: Communications (BA) + MBA
Mom: Accounting (AA) + Special Education (BA)

None of my grandparents went to college.

[RFayette]

Mother: Spanish
Father: Computer Science
Sister:  Spanish and Chemistry
Me:  Computer Science and Math, probably
Grandfathers, both sides:  Accounting
Grandmother, father's side:  Education
Grandmother, mother's side:  Nothing

[RINO Tom]

Dad: Bachelor's in Accounting and MBA in Finance
Mom: Bachelor's in English, Master's in Education and PhD in Education

Me: Bachelor's in Finance and (within the next five years) hopefully a future MBA in Finance