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Students at a Catholic liberal arts university in northern Virginia say their concerns were brushed aside by officials who eliminated numerous majors at the school, ranging from religious studies to math.

The cuts by Marymount University, outside of Washington, D.C., have led to protests from outraged students who say the decision has rocked the school’s foundation as a Catholic institution that focuses on humanities.

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Marymount’s board of trustees drove the final nail in the coffin for nine majors and one graduate program on Feb. 24, when it unanimously voted 20-0 in support of the plan to end the degrees. The school told Fox News Digital in a statement that "this decision reflects not only our students’ needs, but our responsibility to prepare them for the fulfilling, in-demand careers of the future."

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But Reed said that students and staff were only alerted last month to the plan that will cut bachelor’s degrees in theology and religious studies, philosophy, mathematics, art, history, sociology, English, economics and secondary education, as well as a master’s program in English and humanities. Students are still required to study the subjects as part of the school's core program but are no longer able to select such areas of study as majors.

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The school, however, has argued that eliminating the majors won't affect Marymount's mission as Catholic liberal arts school.

"Marymount will always be dedicated to the education of the whole person," the school said in a statement prior to the vote to end the majors.

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Marymount was founded in 1950 originally as a two-year women’s Catholic school before it expanded to its current university status with roughly 4,000 enrolled students through its campus located in Arlington, Virginia.

A spokesperson for the Diocese of Arlington told Fox News Digital that the bishop "was informed of the university’s decision just prior to the public announcement" but that no one at the school asked for his input.

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