How to make a Tag/Word Cloud

When first applying to the data school I had the idea of making a word cloud. To enable the to viewer to easily see which Majors and Major categories had how many students. Being new to Tableau I spend several hours trying to do it. The end product was as seen below.

Color: Major Category ( Education, Biological science ....)

Word size: Number of Students

Very simply by dragging the Major category on to color  Sum(Total) on to size and Major onto the text. We achieve the desired result.

Using the all-ages CSV from the following link you can have a go as well.

College Majors and their Graduates
Job Opportunities, Salaries and Gender Disparities
Author:
Olivier Newman
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