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Women earned majority of doctoral degrees in 2019 for 11th straight year and outnumber men in grad school 141 to 100

By Mark J. Perry – AEI 10/15/2020

“… For the 11th year in a row, women earned a majority of doctoral degrees awarded at US universities in 2019. Of the 79,548 doctoral degrees awarded in 2019 (Table B.25), women earned 41,943 of those degrees and 52.9% of the total, compared to 37,365 degrees awarded to men who earned 47.1%…”

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