gender imbalance in colleges: its impact on admission

<p>Right, and for some reason the Common Data Sets have admissions data broken out by gender (and no other variable). So the Common Data Sets are a great place to go to answer this question.</p>

<p>Gender balance in degree-seeking undergrad enrolllment, fall 2007. Limited to the 200 colleges and universities with combined 75th percentile math/reading SATs above 1300. Sorted from most female to most male. </p>

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**men    women   School Name**
0%  100%    Barnard College
0%  100%    Bryn Mawr College
0%  100%    Scripps College
0%  100%    Smith College
0%  100%    Wellesley College
32% 68% Bennington College
34% 66% Howard University
34% 66% University of Mobile
34% 66% University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras Campus
36% 64% College of Charleston
37% 63% American University
38% 62% Bethel University
38% 62% New York University
39% 61% Clark University
39% 61% Concordia College at Moorhead
39% 61% Lewis & Clark College
39% 61% New College of Florida
39% 61% Southwestern University
39% 61% Union University
39% 61% Westmont College
40% 60% Boston University
40% 60% Creighton University
40% 60% Franciscan University of Steubenville
40% 60% Goshen College
40% 60% Skidmore College
40% 60% Vassar College
41% 59% Chapman University
41% 59% Connecticut College
41% 59% Elon University
41% 59% Hope College
41% 59% Lake Forest College
41% 59% Loyola University New Orleans
41% 59% Pitzer College
41% 59% University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
41% 59% Whitworth University
42% 58% Baylor University
42% 58% Illinois Wesleyan University
42% 58% Kalamazoo College
42% 58% Knox College
42% 58% Loyola College in Maryland
42% 58% Macalester College
42% 58% Muhlenberg College
42% 58% North Central College
42% 58% Rhodes College
42% 58% Saint Louis University-Main Campus
42% 58% SUNY at Geneseo
42% 58% The College of New Jersey
42% 58% University of Missouri-Kansas City
42% 58% University of Puget Sound
43% 57% Beloit College
43% 57% Denison University
43% 57% Emory University
43% 57% Fordham University
43% 57% Hampshire College
43% 57% Luther College
43% 57% St Mary's College of Maryland
43% 57% Truman State University
43% 57% University of Georgia
43% 57% University of Minnesota-Morris
44% 56% Allegheny College
44% 56% Alma College
44% 56% Brandeis University
44% 56% DePauw University
44% 56% Furman University
44% 56% Occidental College
44% 56% Pepperdine University
44% 56% Syracuse University
44% 56% University of Virginia-Main Campus
44% 56% Whitman College
45% 55% Coe College
45% 55% Colby College
45% 55% Dickinson College
45% 55% Earlham College
45% 55% Emerson College
45% 55% George Washington University
45% 55% Georgetown University
45% 55% Hendrix College
45% 55% Oberlin College
45% 55% Reed College
45% 55% St. Olaf College
45% 55% University of California-Los Angeles
45% 55% University of the Pacific
45% 55% Willamette University
45% 55% Wisconsin Lutheran College
46% 54% Calvin College
46% 54% Centre College
46% 54% College of William and Mary
46% 54% Colorado College
46% 54% Haverford College
46% 54% Iona College
46% 54% Miami University-Oxford
46% 54% Santa Clara University
46% 54% Southern Methodist University
46% 54% Trinity University
46% 54% Tulane University of Louisiana
46% 54% University of California-Berkeley
46% 54% University of Dallas
46% 54% University of Florida
46% 54% University of Miami
47% 53% Gettysburg College
47% 53% Gonzaga University
47% 53% Grinnell College
47% 53% Northwestern University
47% 53% Sewanee:  The University of the South
47% 53% University of California-San Diego
47% 53% University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
47% 53% University of Wisconsin-Madison
47% 53% Vanderbilt University
48% 52% Austin College
48% 52% Boston College
48% 52% Bowdoin College
48% 52% Brown University
48% 52% Carleton College
48% 52% Colgate University
48% 52% Kenyon College
48% 52% Ohio Wesleyan University
48% 52% Swarthmore College
48% 52% The College of Wooster
48% 52% The University of Texas at Austin
48% 52% University of Iowa
48% 52% University of Missouri-Columbia
48% 52% University of Richmond
48% 52% University of Washington-Seattle Campus
48% 52% Ursinus College
49% 51% Bucknell University
49% 51% Cornell College
49% 51% Johns Hopkins University
49% 51% Middlebury College
49% 51% Millsaps College
49% 51% Northeastern University
49% 51% Tufts University
49% 51% University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
49% 51% Villanova University
49% 51% Wake Forest University
49% 51% Wheaton College
50% 50% Amherst College
50% 50% Bethel College
50% 50% Dartmouth College
50% 50% Davidson College
50% 50% Grove City College
50% 50% Harvard University
50% 50% Pomona College
50% 50% Trinity College
50% 50% University of Chicago
50% 50% University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
50% 50% University of Pennsylvania
50% 50% University of Rochester
50% 50% University of Southern California
50% 50% Washington and Lee University
50% 50% Washington University in St Louis
50% 50% Wesleyan University
50% 50% Williams College
51% 49% Brigham Young University
51% 49% Columbia University in the City of New York
51% 49% Cornell University
51% 49% Huntingdon College
51% 49% Rutgers University-New Brunswick
51% 49% University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez
51% 49% Yale University
52% 48% Duke University
52% 48% Lafayette College
52% 48% Rice University
52% 48% Stanford University
52% 48% SUNY at Binghamton
52% 48% Texas A & M University
52% 48% University of Maryland-College Park
52% 48% University of Tulsa
52% 48% Wofford College
53% 47% Princeton University
53% 47% University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
53% 47% University of Notre Dame
53% 47% Yeshiva University
54% 46% Claremont McKenna College
54% 46% Ohio State University-Main Campus
54% 46% The University of Texas at Dallas
54% 46% University of Maryland-Baltimore County
54% 46% University of Nebraska-Lincoln
55% 45% Clemson University
55% 45% Massachusetts Institute of Technology
56% 44% Drexel University
57% 43% Iowa State University
58% 42% Case Western Reserve University
58% 42% Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
59% 41% Lehigh University
60% 40% Bentley University
61% 39% Carnegie Mellon University
67% 33% Harvey Mudd College
69% 31% California Institute of Technology
69% 31% Rochester Institute of Technology
70% 30% Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
73% 27% New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
73% 27% Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
74% 26% Illinois Institute of Technology
74% 26% Stevens Institute of Technology
74% 26% Worcester Polytechnic Institute
77% 23% Michigan Technological University
78% 22% Colorado School of Mines
78% 22% Missouri University of Science and Technology
79% 21% United States Naval Academy
85% 15% United States Military Academy


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<p>Last year as my D was applying to her “dream school” we were both well aware that it is heavily female and that her admission chances might have been better had she been male. However, unlike working on grades, retaking SAT/ACT or enhancing EC’s, we couldn’t do anything about that. It is what it is. So we let it go…</p>