Why Science Majors Change Their Minds (It’s Just So Darn Hard) November 4, 2011 Why Science Majors Change Their Minds (It’s Just So Darn Hard) By the Editor on November 4, 2011 in Around_the_Web Studies have found that roughly 40 percent of students planning engineering and science majors end up switching to other subjects or failing to get any degree. That is twice the combined attrition rate of all other majors. Share this:TwitterFacebookEmailLinkedIn Tags:BIG Problems, Education Share this article: 0 Related Articles What exactly is a doctorate? Make a dent in the universe: Erika Iives Row over IPCC Report No Child Left Untableted