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    At some schools such as Clarkson, RIT, and RPI, the course of study chosen by hockey players seems clear, but other schools are tougher to figure. What is the most common major chosen by hockey players at the school you root for, or is there no clear preference?

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    I'm sure that all depends on what the school has to offer. Here at Bemidji State there is a pretty popular nursing school, so some of the past players have actually studied nursing while playing college hockey. I'd say the most popular major among college players is Business or Accounting.
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      Originally posted by Osorojo View Post
      At some schools such as Clarkson, RIT, and RPI, the course of study chosen by hockey players seems clear, but other schools are tougher to figure. What is the most common major chosen by hockey players at the school you root for, or is there no clear preference?
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        Sociology is the common choice for many hockey players and is probably the most popular major among all varsity athletes at Princeton. However, I have known hockey players to major in almost anything including Mechanical Engineering. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to play hockey... but you can be if you want to!
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          Among Notre Dame's last 2 graduating classes and this year's current one, there were/are at least 10 different majors, with the most common being psychology and finance. Freshmen enroll under the First Year of Studies, and many of the sophomores don't declare a final course of study but are in the Mendoza College of Business where they may end up majoring in Marketing, Finance, Accountancy, or Management.

          Many in the two most recent classes pursued double-majors, and among my favorites were Erik Condra, with degrees in Psychology and Pre-Med and Jordan Pearce, with degrees in Anthropology and Pre-med.

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            I know at Michigan, a lot of the players major in business, kinesiology, psych, and poli sci. We have had a few pre meds and laws go through too.

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              About 85 or 90% of The University Denver's players choose to major in DU's Daniels College of Business, with concentrations usually ranging from finance, to marketing, to real estate/construction management. About 60% of all of DU undergrad students are in the business school - it's not easy, but it's not onerous, either. There are always a few liberal arts majors among hockey players, and a communications major here and there.

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                Most RPI hockey players major in Management, and it has been that way at least since I was at RPI (64-74). Suprisingly, the number of players majoring in some sort of Engineering seems to be increasing.
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                  When I was a student, most of the hockey players at UAH (most of the student-athletes, period) majored in various business programs. We had a couple of nursing majors, a couple of hard science majors, and a couple of engineering majors.
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                    I would say Business and Social science majors are probably the most common. Sport Management majors are popular among many hockey players and athletes at schools that offer those majors.

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                      Originally posted by PUBand09 View Post
                      However, I have known hockey players to major in almost anything including Mechanical Engineering.
                      I know a couple of Lowell's frenchmen (early 2000s) were engineering majors. Lowell had one of their recent goaltenders start in engineering, but I don't think it worked out.
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                        Originally posted by Osorojo View Post
                        At some schools such as Clarkson, RIT, and RPI, the course of study chosen by hockey players seems clear
                        I'm not sure what you mean. What is more clear about their courses of study at these schools than at other schools?


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                          Originally posted by LtPowers View Post
                          I'm not sure what you mean. What is more clear about their courses of study at these schools than at other schools?


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                            Originally posted by LtPowers View Post
                            I'm not sure what you mean. What is more clear about their courses of study at these schools than at other schools?


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                            The gross generalization is that we have nothing but management majors. As RB pointed out, we have engineering majors (mostly civil, but a couple of others thrown in there), and our captain two years back was a pre-med.

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                              Originally posted by FlagDUDE08 View Post
                              The gross generalization is that we have nothing but management majors. As RB pointed out, we have engineering majors (mostly civil, but a couple of others thrown in there), and our captain two years back was a pre-med.
                              Its hard to pin down what is most popular with students but its safe to say that a lot of students make sure they take courses that allow them the flexibility to remain mentally prepared for the rigours of the hockey program they are in.

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