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Sunday, 4 February 2018

Gender differences in Degree course choices

There has been an increase in girls studying STEM subjects at 'A' level over recent years but this has yet to be matched by their degree courses choices. A recent survey of over 100, 000 students revealed the following gender split in undergraduate courses.

BOYS
GIRLS
1. Economics

1. Psychology
2. Law

2. Law
3. Medicine

3. Medicine
4. Computer science

4. History
5. Maths

5. Geography
6. History

6. Criminology
7. Accounting and finance

7. English
8. Mechanical engineering

8. Midwifery
9. Psychology

9. Architecture
10. Physics

10. Maths

The study also showed that there were slightly more male applicants to Russell Group universities than female (46% cf. 43%).
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