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About 53.3 percent of the 210 degrees and certificates handed out by the United States Coast Guard Academy in 2017-18 were to students in engineering 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 public institution in London conferred 112 bachelor's degrees in engineering programs.

But the single most popular program was for a bachelor's degree in general political science and government. Data shows the school gave out 39 bachelor's degrees in general political science and government, followed by 34 bachelor's degrees in mechanical engineering and 33 bachelor's degrees in oceanography, chemical and physical.

The academy enrolled 1,071 students for 2017-18, all of whom were enrolled in undergraduate programs.

Program	Bachelor's degrees awarded	Total degrees and certificates awarded	Percent of total
Mechanical Engineering	34	34
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering	23	23
Civil Engineering, General	21	21
Operations Research	21	21
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	13	13
Engineering total	112	112	53.3
Political Science and Government, General	39	39
Social Sciences total	39	39	18.6
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical	33	33
Physical Sciences total	33	33	15.7
Business Administration and Management, General	26	26
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services total	26	26	12.4