Download and print this free College Majors word search — 15 hidden words naming fields of study, from NURSING and ENGINEERING to PSYCHOLOGY and JOURNALISM. It’s a free PDF with the answer key included, sized for standard printer paper and easy to hand out at a career day, during a college-planning session with a counselor, or in an advisory period for eleventh and twelfth graders.
The word list runs easy-to-medium: BIOLOGY, HISTORY and NURSING are quick finds, while LINGUISTICS, SOCIOLOGY and PHILOSOPHY take a closer look. It suits solvers from about 13 up. Once everyone has finished, have students circle one major they had never heard of; LINGUISTICS usually gets the most questions.
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The 15 Words in This Puzzle
A college major is the subject a student commits to for a degree, and this list spans the usual range. There are sciences like BIOLOGY and CHEMISTRY, humanities like HISTORY and PHILOSOPHY, and career-minded programs such as ACCOUNTING, MARKETING and NURSING. Here’s the full word bank you’ll be hunting for:
- ACCOUNTING
- ARCHITECTURE
- BIOLOGY
- CHEMISTRY
- ECONOMICS
- ENGINEERING
- HISTORY
- JOURNALISM
- LINGUISTICS
- MARKETING
- MATHEMATICS
- NURSING
- PHILOSOPHY
- PSYCHOLOGY
- SOCIOLOGY