While women make up 47 percent of the US work force, they represent only 26 percent of people who work in STEM (science, technology, engineering, or math). Further, only 12 percent of female college students will graduate with a bachelor’s degree in science, and just 3 percent will continue to work in a STEM field 10 years after graduation.
That’s an interesting website. I will have to spend a little time looking at it. I notice, they don’t include UK for Chemical Engineering?
I have BS ChE degree, work in a STEM position, and interview on campus at several schools (Including UK,OSU, Louisville and UT Austin). What I am SEEING certainly does NOT match the statistics shown on that site.
These statistics do:
https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=372
57% of Fall enrollment at all Universities are female. That’s 57-43. And the discrepancy is growing.
I have no doubt that the male numbers are higher in STEM programs. But, I KNOW, from experience, that women are doing extremely well in Chemical Engineering.
I do not believe this kind of difference is sustainable, in the long term. But, I see almost nobody saying, or doing anything about it. Rather, I continue to see programs designed to further support women.