Top Ranked Programs
Davidson College's program mix is anchored in Social Sciences, reflecting the college's liberal arts identity and its emphasis on analytical, writing-intensive, and policy-oriented fields. The three largest programs by graduate count are Economics (75 graduates), Political Science (64 graduates), and Biology, General (60 graduates), with Psychology, General (59 graduates) and Computer Science (34 graduates) rounding out the most popular fields. Across 21 programs serving roughly 537 students annually, Social Sciences accounts for 30% of degrees, followed by other STEM fields at 4% and Arts at 3% — a distribution closer in character to peer liberal arts colleges than to research universities with large professional-school enrollments. Psychology, General anchors Davidson College's strongest aggregate financial outcomes, combining meaningful cohort scale with competitive earnings that place it among the higher-return programs in the Azimuth coverage set, [per the program-ranking methodology](/analysis/college-program-rankings-how-to-actually-evaluate-programs/). Among 0 programs that meet Azimuth's ranking threshold, the strongest financial outcomes tend to cluster in quantitative social science, economics-adjacent fields, and natural sciences — disciplines where Davidson graduates enter both high-mobility direct-to-workforce roles and selective graduate or professional programs. Several of Davidson College's most prominent programs are grad-school-dependent pathways — fields such as biology, chemistry, and psychology where a meaningful share of graduates continue to medical, law, or doctoral programs, meaning four-year earnings undercount the longer-term trajectory. Economics and mathematics-adjacent programs, by contrast, are higher-mobility direct-to-workforce pathways where graduates enter finance, consulting, and technology roles and four-year earnings more fully reflect labor-market outcomes. The [supply and demand for college graduates](/analysis/supply-demand-map-college-degrees/) provides context for how these program families align with national hiring trends.