Women earn more degrees than men
Posted on May 4, 2011 by JRF
Congratulations to this year's graduates!
For the first time in history, there are more women than men that hold a master’s degree or higher. According to the 2010 census data, 10.6 million women (25 and older) have either a master’s degree or higher, while men were estimated to earn about 10.5 million.
This trend has been decades in the making since women have been steadily enrolling in college at higher rates than men.
Some other findings from the Census Bureau’s Educational Attainment in the United States: 2010:
• 20.1 million women have bachelor’s degrees
• 18.7 million men have bachelor’s degrees
Among employed adults:
• 37% of women have bachelor’s degrees or higher
• 35% of men have bachelor’s degrees or higher
A senior fellow at the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution, Alan Berube, sees how this educational shift is changing more than just statistics. “This is going to change the calculus in households about whose time in the labor market is more valuable," he said. "It will change the default assumptions about who is going to raise kids, who’s going to do housework, who’s got the most earning power.”
More and more women are earning their bachelor’s degrees and going on to achieve even higher degrees. We are honored to work with so many women who are achieving their goals of changing their lives through higher education.
To review more information from the report Educational Attainment in the United States: 2010 click here or read the full article here.
Tagged: education, masters degrees, bachelors degrees, 2010 census
Comments
How is this equal? I guess men just need to "step-up their game", huh?
