how many times does someone change their major
College students change their major at least three times over the course of their college career, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.(Yuritzy Ramos/Borderzine.com).About 80 percent of students in the United States end up changing their major at least once, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. On average, college students change their major at least three times over the course of their college career.ccording to CIERP, about 21.1 percent of freshmen students at UTEP changed their majors, 15.4 percent sophomores, 15.0 percent juniors and 8.1 percent seniors.