major in

verb

majored in; majoring in; majors in

US, of a college or university student

: to have (a specified subject) as one's main subject of study

plans to major in history

Examples of major in in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

At Bowling Green State University in Ohio, Saint switched from training to be a teacher to majoring in drama. — Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

Saint followed her sister to Bowling Green State University in Ohio and majored in elementary education. — Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026

As a math major in college, Allison Dukes had her eye on a career in banking or investment banking. — Kelly Yamanouchi, AJC.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Moolenaar said in the letter that the UNH joint institute in Xi’an, China, offers undergraduate tech majors in communications engineering, data science and big data technology, and intelligence science and technology. — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026