The Gender Gap & College by the Global Initiative for Boys and Men:
The rise of women’s education in the United States may be the most unprecedented in history according to data from the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES). Women are earning more degrees at every level of the academic ladder than at any time in history and they have been for several decades. At no point has one gender outpaced the other by so significant a number in higher education in the United States.
Since 2000, women have accounted for 9,715,826 more conferred degrees than men even though men slightly outnumber women at ages when people are most likely to attend college. According to NCES women accounted for 660,000 more degrees than men in the 2016-17 academic year alone. This data includes earned associate, bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees, and women earn more degrees than men in all four categories; associate (62%); bachelor (57%); master (60%); and doctoral (52%). Although percentages provide an overview of the college gender-gap, true numbers provide something more telling.
Bachelor degrees remain the most commonly earned college degree. When singling out undergraduate programs, the results are equally telling. Since 2003, women have outnumbered men in undergraduate fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions by 2 million or more each year. From 1988 to 2002, women outnumbered men by 1 to 1.8 million each year.
The Gender Gap & College by the Global Initiative for Boys and Men:
The rise of women’s education in the United States may be the most unprecedented in history according to data from the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES). Women are earning more degrees at every level of the academic ladder than at any time in history and they have been for several decades. At no point has one gender outpaced the other by so significant a number in higher education in the United States. Since 2000, women have accounted for 9,715,826 more conferred degrees than men even though men slightly outnumber women at ages when people are most likely to attend college. According to NCES women accounted for 660,000 more degrees than men in the 2016-17 academic year alone. This data includes earned associate, bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees, and women earn more degrees than men in all four categories; associate (62%); bachelor (57%); master (60%); and doctoral (52%). Although percentages provide an overview of the college gender-gap, true numbers provide something more telling. Bachelor degrees remain the most commonly earned college degree. When singling out undergraduate programs, the results are equally telling. Since 2003, women have outnumbered men in undergraduate fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions by 2 million or more each year. From 1988 to 2002, women outnumbered men by 1 to 1.8 million each year.
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