My latest animated “bar chart race” visualization appears above and shows the female share of colleges (Associate’s, Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctor’s) annually from 1970 to 2030 based on historical data and forecasts from the National Center for Education Statistics. Note the following:

1. Women have earned a majority of Associate’s degrees in every year starting in 1977.

2. Women have earned a majority of Bachelor’s degrees in every year starting in 1982.

3. Women have earned a majority of Master’s degrees in every year starting in 1987.

4. Women have earned a majority of Doctor’s degrees in every year starting in 2006.

Begs the question — now that women are the majority gender for degrees at all levels for more than a decade, and have been the majority gender for Associates and Bachelor’s degrees for 40 years and Master’s degrees for 35 years, why do women need a disproportionate share of campus resources in the form of scholarship funding, student awards, fellowships, mentoring programs, summer STEM programs, clubs, women’s centers, women’s commissions, etc.??

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