Bingo. Yes, women still want to marry up. This becomes progressively more difficult the higher a woman climbs on the degree/career/income pyramid. It's basic math. Numbers dwindle with each step up. And to top it off, since men will marry laterally and down, most of the good guys will already be married by their early 30's. If a woman spends her young and attractive years prioritizing career (and sleeping around on the side), she is painting herself into a corner. The thing is, smart young women, at some level, KNOW this. But feminist indoctrination encourages them to live in denial and then to become bitter and angry when they reap what they sow.
The solution? Marry earlier. Approach marriage as a partnership to build a life and family, not as a trophy to mark achievement of another status goal.