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The Gender Gap in Graduate School Enrollments and Degree Attainments
According to a new report from the Council of Graduate Schools, in 2014 women were 57.7 of all graduate enrollments. In addition, women earned 59 percent of all graduate degrees and 52.2 percent of all doctoral degrees awarded in the 2013-14 academic year.
Barbara Knuth to Lead the Council of Graduate Schools
Barbara Knuth, vice provost and dean of the Graduate School at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, has been named chair-elect of the Council of Graduate Schools.
The Gender Gap in Graduate School Enrollments and Degree Attainments
In the fall of 2012 there were 1,016,115 women enrolled in U.S. graduate programs. They made up 58.5 percent of all students in graduate programs. In the 2011-12 academic year, women earned nearly 60 percent of all master’s degrees and 52.2 percent of all doctorates awarded at U.S. universities.
Women Make Up Nearly Three Fifths of All Graduate Students
But there is a wide gender gap in many STEM fields.
