FactoidSlow Progress in Closing Engineering/Computer Science Higher Education Gender Gap
The numbers are moving upwards, but very slowly. Over a 10 year period (2010 to 2020), female bachelor’s degree holders in engineering/computer science increased from 17.3% to 22.1%; women with master’s degrees went from 24.4% to 30.3%; and doctoral degrees for women went from 22% to 24.4%.
Women Are Underrepresented as Recipients of Many Prestigious Awards
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Gender Differences In Acceptance Rates At Ivy League Institutions
While all eight Ivy League schools had more female applicants than male applicants for the Class of 2026, five of the schools accepted men at a higher rate than women.» Link to the original article
