The Highest Number Of Bachelor’s Degrees Were Awarded Last Year In Virginia State History. According To The State Council Of Higher Education, Students Earned A Total Of 54-Thousand 508 Bachelor’s Degrees In The 2016-17 School Year. The Majority Of Those Degrees – At Nearly 38-Thousand – Were Conferred By The State’s Public Colleges. The Three Most Popular Majors At Public Colleges Were Psychology, Biology, And Business Administration, Unchanged From The Previous Year.