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- Over the last five years, the overall number of science and engineering (S&E) bachelor’s degree completions has grown by 19%, compared to 9% growth for non-S&E disciplines.<\/li>\n
- Among women, S&E bachelor’s degree completions grew by 20%, compared to 12% growth for non-S&E disciplines.<\/li>\n
- Among men, S&E bachelor’s degree completions grew by 21%, compared to 8% growth for non-S&E disciplines.<\/li>\n
- The definition of science and engineering used in this snapshot includes social sciences and psychology and is based on classifications used by the National Science Foundation<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Women Earn Half of All S&E Bachelor’s Degrees<\/h2>\n
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- In all three discipline categories, the percentage of bachelor’s degrees earned by women has remained largely unchanged over the last five academic years.<\/li>\n
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Gender Distributions in S&E Disciplines Largely Unchanged Since 2009<\/h2>\n
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- Women continued to earn the majority of bachelor’s degrees in the biological and agricultural sciences, social sciences, and psychology.<\/li>\n
- With the exception of the physical sciences, the share of bachelor’s degrees earned by women in each of these disciplines has remained nearly constant since 2008-09. In the physical sciences, a decrease of three percentage points occurred over this time frame.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Growing Prevalence of S&E Bachelor’s Degrees among Both Genders<\/h2>\n
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- In the 2012-13 academic year, 28% of all bachelor’s degrees earned by women were in S&E disciplines, compared to 37% of all bachelor’s degrees earned by men.<\/li>\n
- Over the last five years, attainment of S&E degrees, as a percentage of all bachelor’s degrees, increased by two percentage points for both genders.<\/li>\n
- Excluding social sciences and psychology, the remaining S&E disciplines accounted for 11% of all bachelor’s degrees earned by women, and 24% of all bachelor’s degrees earned by men in 2012-13.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Within S&E, Choice of Discipline Varies by Gender<\/h2>\n
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- Biological and agricultural sciences was the second most common S&E category for women, accounting for 25% of their S&E bachelor’s degrees in 2012-13.<\/li>\n
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Data analysis performed by Jason DeWitt, Research Manager, and Travis Maciejewski, Research Associate.<\/em><\/p>\n
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Growth in Science and Engineering (S&E) Bachelor's Degrees by Gender<\/h3>Between 2009 and 2013, S&E bachelor's degree completions for both men and women had almost identical growth at 20% and 21%, respectively. With social sciences and psychology included, women accounted for 50% of all S&E bachelor's degrees in both 2009 and 2013.<\/p>
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Bachelor's Degrees in S&E Growing Twice as Fast as in Non-S&E Disciplines<\/h4>
- Over the last five years, the overall number of science and engineering (S&E) bachelor's degree completions has grown by 19%, compared to 9% growth for non-S&E disciplines.<\/li>
- Among women, S&E bachelor's degree completions grew by 20%, compared to 12% growth for non-S&E disciplines.<\/li>
- Among men, S&E bachelor's degree completions grew by 21%, compared to 8% growth for non-S&E disciplines.<\/li>
- The definition of science and engineering used in this snapshot includes social sciences and psychology and is based on classifications used by the National Science Foundation<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>
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<\/a><\/p>Women Earn Half of All S&E Bachelor's Degrees<\/h4>
- In the 2012-13 academic year, women earned 57% of bachelor's degrees in all disciplines, 50% of bachelor's degrees in S&E, and 61% of bachelor's degrees in non-S&E disciplines.<\/li>
- In all three discipline categories, the percentage of bachelor's degrees earned by women has remained largely unchanged over the last five academic years.<\/li>
- The definition of science and engineering used in this snapshot includes social sciences and psychology and is based on classifications used by the National Science Foundation<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>
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<\/a><\/p>Gender Distributions in S&E Disciplines Largely Unchanged Since 2009<\/h4>
- In 2012-13, the majority of bachelor's degrees in engineering, mathematics, computer science, and the physical sciences were completed by men.<\/li>
- Women continued to earn the majority of bachelor's degrees in the biological and agricultural sciences, social sciences, and psychology.<\/li>
- With the exception of the physical sciences, the share of bachelor's degrees earned by women in each of these disciplines has remained nearly constant since 2008-09. In the physical sciences, a decrease of three percentage points occurred over this time frame.<\/li><\/ul>
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<\/a><\/p>Growing Prevalence of S&E Bachelor's Degrees among Both Genders<\/h4>
- In 2012-13, S&E bachelor's degrees accounted for 32% of all bachelor's degrees, up from 30% in 2008-09.<\/li>
- In the 2012-13 academic year, 28% of all bachelor's degrees earned by women were in S&E disciplines, compared to 37% of all bachelor's degrees earned by men.<\/li>
- Over the last five years, attainment of S&E degrees, as a percentage of all bachelor's degrees, increased by two percentage points for both genders.<\/li>
- Excluding social sciences and psychology, the remaining S&E disciplines accounted for 11% of all bachelor's degrees earned by women, and 24% of all bachelor's degrees earned by men in 2012-13.<\/li><\/ul>
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<\/a><\/p>\u00a0Within S&E, Choice of Discipline Varies by Gender<\/h4>
- In 2012-13, women and men each completed the largest share of their S&E bachelor's degrees in social sciences and psychology: 61% of the degrees completed by women compared to 37% of the degrees completed by men.<\/li>
- However, over the last five years, the percentage of\u00a0S&E bachelor's degrees accounted for by social sciences and psychology has slightly decreased for each gender.<\/li>
- Biological and agricultural sciences was the second most common S&E category for women, accounting for 25% of their S&E bachelor's degrees in 2012-13.<\/li>
- Engineering was the second most common\u00a0S&E category for men, accounting for 24% of their S&E bachelor's degrees in 2012-13.<\/li><\/ul>
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Data analysis performed by Jason DeWitt, Research Manager, and Travis Maciejewski, Research Associate.<\/em><\/p>
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