Although women represent
48% of the working population
in the US, they occupy merely
24% of jobs in STEM fields.
Beede, D., Julian, T., Langdon, D., McKittrick, G., Khan, B., & Doms, M. (2011). Women in STEM: A gender gap to innovation. (ESA
Issue Brief #04-11). Washington, DC.
Only one in seven engineers is
female.
Beede, D., Julian, T., Langdon, D., McKittrick, G., Khan, B., & Doms, M. (2011). Women in STEM: A gender gap to innovation. (ESA
Issue Brief #04-11). Washington, DC.
A 2006 survey of college
freshman in the US revealed
that while close to 30% of male
students intended to pursue
STEM fields, only 15% of girls
intended to do the same.
National Science Foundation (2009). Women, minorities, and persons with disabilities in science and engineering: 2009. (NSF 09305). Arlington, VA: Retrieved from http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/.
In 2001-2002, 73% of
bachelor’s degrees in computer
and information science and
81% in engineering went to
men.
U.S. Department of Education, N. C. f. E. S., Institute of Education Sciences. (2006). Degree completions in areas of national need,
1996-97 and 2001-02. (NCES 2006-154). Washington, DC: National Center for Educational Statistics.
In 2001-2002, between 7080% of doctoral degrees in
computer and information
sciences, engineering, math,
and physical science were
earned by men.
U.S. Department of Education, N. C. f. E. S., Institute of Education Sciences. (2006). Degree completions in areas of national need,
1996-97 and 2001-02. (NCES 2006-154). Washington, DC: National Center for Educational Statistics.
STEM jobs are projected to
grow by 17% between 2008
and 2018 while other fields are
only expected to grow by 9.8%.
U.S. Department of Commerce (2011). STEM: Good jobs now and for the future. (ESA Issue Brief #03-11).
STEM workers earn 26% more
than non-STEM workers.
U.S. Department of Commerce (2011). STEM: Good jobs now and for the future. (ESA Issue Brief #03-11).
In 2010, the unemployment
rate for workers in STEM fields
was 5.3%, and close to 10% in
non-STEM fields.
U.S. Department of Commerce (2011). STEM: Good jobs now and for the future. (ESA Issue Brief #03-11).
Women represent 48% of
workers in the US, but they
hold only 24% of jobs in STEM
fields.
U.S. Department of Commerce. (2011). Women in STEM: A gender gap to innovation. (ESA Issue Brief #04-11). Washington, DC.
Women working in STEM fields
earn 33% more than women in
non-STEM jobs.
U.S. Department of Commerce. (2011). Women in STEM: A gender gap to innovation. (ESA Issue Brief #04-11). Washington, DC.
In 2010, only 1 out of every 7
engineers was female.
U.S. Department of Commerce. (2011). Women in STEM: A gender gap to innovation. (ESA Issue Brief #04-11). Washington, DC.
Women held 30% of jobs in
math and computers in 2000,
but only 27% of such jobs in
2007.
U.S. Department of Commerce. (2011). Women in STEM: A gender gap to innovation. (ESA Issue Brief #04-11). Washington, DC.
Foreign-born workers make up
17% of the STEM workforce in
the United States.
Carnevale, A. P., Smith, N., & Melton, M. (2011). STEM: Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (pp. 112).
Washington, DC: Georgetown University.
STEM majors with a bachelor’s
degree or more earn $500,000
more on average over their
lifetime.
Carnevale, A. P., Smith, N., & Melton, M. (2011). STEM: Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (pp. 112).
Washington, DC: Georgetown University.
In high school, girls take as
many math and science classes
as boys and earn higher grades
in these courses.
(U.S. Department of Education,
2007)
U.S. Department of Education. (2007). The nation’s report card: America’s high school graduates (NCES 2007-468 ). Washington,
DC.
In 2009, boys took 12% more
AP tests in STEM fields than
girls.
College Board, www.collegeboard.com
The National Educational
Longitudinal Study (NELS) of 1988
found that among 24,500 eighth
grade students, girls had less positive
attitudes about science despite their
equal or higher achievement than
boys.
Catsambis, S. (1995). Gender, race, ethnicity, and science education in the middle grades. Journal of Research in Science
Teaching, 32, 243-257.
A study of female engineering
students in the United States revealed
that even though only 1% of females
attend single-sex secondary schools,
5.7% of engineering students were
graduates of girls’ schools.
Goodman, I., Cunningham, C., Lachapelle, C., Thompson, M., Bittinger, K., Brennan, R. T., & Delci, M. (2002). Final report of the
Women's Experiences in College Engineering (WECE) project. In G. R. Group (Ed.), (pp. 285). Cambridge, MA: Goodman
Research Group.
Only 17% of students taking
the AP computer science tests
are female.
National Center for Women and Information Technology. (2009).
25% of women with degrees in
engineering work out of the
field, while only 10% of males
with engineering degrees work
outside of engineering.
Society of Women Engineers. (April 26, 2006). Attitudes and Experiences of Engineering Alumni. Harris Interactive Market
Research.