Every year in India more than 30 million students take admissions in various collages to have their higher education, but do you know among them which is the most popular course in India they take and which is the least popular.

As per the report of AISHE-2018-19, In India the most popular course for the undergraduate student is B.A(Bachelor of Arts) and least taken course is MBBS(Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of surgery).

In Post Graduate Course the most popular course taken by the student is M.A(Master of Arts) and the least taken course is M.Tech(Master in Technology).

Now you know about the most popular degree course in India but do you know why most of the students take B.A courses?


Well, the answers are given below in the following points.

  • First of all getting admission to colleges taking B.A as the course is easy compared to other subjects.
  • Only a few colleges in India take an entrance exam for the admission in B.A, a wide number of giving admissions to students by their percentage rate.
  • Student belonging to any stream for example(Science, Commerce, etc ) can opt for the B.A course.
  • The number of seats in universities is more than in other courses.

Now let's take a look at the MBBS why it is least taken the course.


  • Number of Seats in MBBS is less in India.
  • The only way to get admission into MBBS Courses is by qualifying the NEET(National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test) either a college is private or government institution.
  • MBBS can only be done by those students who have taken Science(Physics, Chemistry, Biology) as a subject in their Higher secondary studies (11th and 12th class).


Let's see a detail report of the students who took admission in the year 2018-19 in the following courses.

Programs at undergraduate level taken by students
Course
Number of students
B.A.-Bachelor of Arts
9198205
B.Sc.-Bachelor of Science
5043732
B.Com.-Bachelor of Commerce
3571436
B.Tech.-Bachelor of Technology and
B.E.-Bachelor of Engineering
3770949
B.Ed.-Bachelor of Education
1175517
B.C.A.-Bachelor  of Computer Applications
446680
B.B.A.-Bachelor of Business Administration
476169
L.L.B.-Bachelor of Law or Laws
362493
B.Pharm.-Bachelor of Pharmacy
246358
B.Sc.(Nursing)-Bachelor of Science in Nursing
255071
M.B.B.S.-Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
267197


As you can see above the highest taken degree program in India by the regular mode is B.A with 9198205 number of students and least taken the programme is M.B.B.S with 267197 students.

Programs at Postgraduate level taken by students
Course
Number of students
M.A.-Master of Arts
289311
M.B.A.-Master of Business Administration
257361
M.com-Master of commerce
160888
M.Sc-Master of Science
142081
M.Tech-Master of Technology
135500

As you have known the stats about the undergraduate courses and post graduate courses in the regular mode but a large number of students also take admission via distance mode you also like to know the figures about them.

In the distance mode the most taken courses by the undergraduate level is B.A (Bachelor of Art) and least taken courses in B.Com (Bachelor of Commerce), and in post graduate level the most taken course is M.A and least taken is M.Sc(Master of Science).


Programs of both Under and  Post graduate level is taken by students in distance mode.
Course
Number of students
B.A.-Bachelor of Arts
1790878
B.Sc.-Bachelor of Science
219350
B.Com.-Bachelor of Commerce
458889
M.A.-Master of Arts
613161
M.B.A.-Master of Business Administration
125980
M.Com-Master of Commerce
128801
M.sc-Master of Science
74103