He is a maroon. I went to engineering school AND met my dh there. The college I went to had about 25% women engineering students. I can't speak for everyone, of course, but among the women I knew and kept up with, virtually *everyone* got married, and their marriages have *lasted.* Most of these women aren't staying home, but a good portion are.
Perhaps it's different in the UK, but women here meet their husbands *in college.* Confining oneself to the female "ghetto" either academically or professionally is a good way to guarantee singleness. Girls who want to meet and marry the boys need to go *where the boys are,* and it's not in home ec, interior design, or cosmetology.
I am a female physics major who's graduating this year from my college and then going over to the local University to get a Master's in Electrical Engineering. My reasoning is simple. I want to get married, have kids, and stay home with them; unfortunately, I'm still single while all my friends are either engaged or in long term relationships. So I might as well be able to support myself in a field that I enjoy while I keep looking. No guy wants a leech for a wife.