62% Female, 38% Male. Nationally, the ratio is near 60% female, 40% male.
No one knows why: How gender disparities are affecting men (msn.com)
The disparity has been in place since the early 1980s. Also, per the NSF, a slight majority of college degrees in STEM subjects are awarded to women. This depends on who is reporting the stats – some of those saying not enough women are in STEM exclude women studying fields like nursing and psychology, while others include those. Some define STEM as TEM and not S.
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