<p>Here are a couple of publications from Cal Poly’s Office of Institutional Planning and Analysis with a broad range of information about the school. The first includes information from fall 2012 while the second only goes through 2011.</p>
<p>diplomas handed out last year by major…29% Engineering, 12% Agriculture, 12% Business and 6% Arch…that really explains how they fill the majors…</p>
<p>and still a discrepancy in how many women are admitted compared to men…</p>
<p>You seem to imply there’s an issue with women being admitted to Cal Poly. Let’s look at the data.</p>
<p>Fall 2012 freshman admission statistics (from Common Data Set, p.5):</p>
<p>Men applicants = 19,855. Men admitted = 5,752. Therefore, 29.0% of Men admitted.</p>
<p>Women applicants = 17,086. Women admitted = 5,793. Therefore, 33.9% Women admitted.</p>
<p>So, more women than men were admitted (5,793 vs. 5,752) even though 2,769 fewer women applied, and the admission rate was higher (33.9% vs. 29.0%).</p>
<p>If there’s a problem, it would be the opposite of what you implied.</p>
I think what you may be referring to is the % of female students at Cal Poly, which if I remember correctly is about 45%. This stands in stark contrast to most State schools, and LACs, that tend to be 54-58% female students… as I recall UCLA is about 56% female.</p>
<p>There appears to be the issue with all colleges whose name includes the letters “tech”. I think Caltech is 20% female, or something rediculously low. For whatever reason, more males than females are attracted to Engineering and some physical sciences.</p>
<p>speaking of females… Happy Valentine’s Day.</p>