which major has the most number of girls?

College Search & Selection
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<p>For example,here in my country theres a course called 'life sciences' and in my college there are like 40-45 students in the current batch and theres 2 ,yes 2 guys and rest ALL are girls.</p>

<p>I'm looking into courses in Canada...just canada but i assume courses offered in US would be there in canada as well so please help me if possible,thanks :)</p>

<p>PS: Try not to judge me,I'm just curious.
=)
;)</p>

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<p>Elem Ed is often mostly females, nursing is often mostly females. There are certain majors that tend to attract more of one sex. Eng’g is typically 70-80% males.</p>

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<p>Hey thanks for the post,
whats Elem Ed if you don’t mind? What does it include?
Because here in my county theres nothing by that name…</p>

<p>Thanks =)</p>

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<p>Life Science is essentially the Canadian equivalent of premed. The students in it are all aiming for med schoool or grad school. It is a very challenging area and quite competitive. Don’t go into life sciences on a whim. As for female dominated classes, just take a women’s/gender studies class, it is easy and usually has no prerequisites.</p>

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<p>Women studies? (Its an actual major)</p>

<p>Elem ed is elementary education im pretty sure</p>

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<p>Yep its a major. It is rather useless in the working world so I would suggest just taking some courses as electives rather than as a major.</p>

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<p>A lot of Psychology departments are also strongly female. Neuroscience and the more biology based ones are probably 55-60% female but the more artsy psychology, such as “positive psychology” are at least 80% female.</p>

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<p>well thanks for the responses,I’m looking for more thanks in advance!
=)</p>

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<p>According to a random infographic I found… the five most female-dominated majors are library science, family/consumer/human sciences, public administration and social service, education, and psychology, in that order.</p>

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<p>Must be the infographic shown here: [CARPE</a> DIEM: Female-Male Breakdown: College Degrees By Field](<a href=“http://mjperry.blogspot.com/2008/11/female-male-breakdown-college-degrees.html]CARPE”>CARPE DIEM: Female-Male Breakdown: College Degrees By Field)</p>

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<p>Your question and screen name have my eyebrows raised to high they are creeping down the back of my neck.</p>

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<p>UCB, that chart is pretty odd. What, pray tell is the difference between “Social Sciences and History” and “History?” Because, one is listed as an even mix, the other at predominantly male. </p>

<p>There are also many subjects on the list that are trades, not college degrees.</p>

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<p>I went to my D’s public health guaduation at the University of Michigan where the women outnumbered the men by about 4 to 1…</p>

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<p>According to Dept of Education data for the 2011-12 year, the majors with the highest % women were as follows:</p>

<p>Majors with at least 100 Students

  1. 99% – Child care and support services management
  2. 98% – Apparel and textile marketing management
  3. 98% – Family and consumer sciences/home economics teacher education
  4. 97% – Kindergarten/preschool education and teaching
  5. 97% – Early childhood education and teaching </p>

<p>Majors with at least 1,000 Students

  1. 97% – Kindergarten/preschool education and teaching
  2. 97% – Early childhood education and teaching
  3. 96% – Speech-language pathology/pathologist
  4. 96% – Child development
  5. 96% – Dental hygiene/hygienist </p>

<p>Majors with at least 10,000 Students

  1. 97% – Early childhood education and teaching
  2. 91% – Elementary education and teaching
  3. 89% – Social work
  4. 89% – Family and consumer sciences/human sciences
  5. 89% – Registered nursing/registered nurse </p>

<p>The majors with the highest % men were:</p>

<p>Majors with at least 100 Students

  1. 100% – Talmudic studies
  2. 96% – Automotive engineering technology/technician
  3. 96% – Mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician
  4. 96% – Building/construction site management/manager
  5. 96% – Construction trades </p>

<p>Majors with at least 1,000 Students

  1. 100% – Talmudic studies
  2. 96% – Mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician
  3. 92% – Electrical/electronic/communications eng. technology/technician
  4. 92% – Industrial technology/technician
  5. 92% – Construction engineering technology/technician </p>

<p>Majors with at least 10,000 Students

  1. 90% – Engineering technologies/construction trades/mechanics and repairers<br>
  2. 90% – Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields
  3. 88% – Electrical and electronics engineering
  4. 88% – Mechanical engineering
  5. 85% – Computer and information sciences, general</p>
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<p>I know a man who was a dance major in college. The additional bonus was, many of the male dance majors are gay so the odds were really in his favor. And yes, he met his wife there. :)</p>

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<p>I really hope this is a hypothetical question posed by the OP and he really isn’t considering choosing his career based on this criteria… That would just be depressing.</p>

<p>But anyway in GENERAL If a major has the words “technology” or “computer” or “engineering” it is male dominated. If it has the words “studies” (excluding certain religious studies) or “psychology” or “education” at the end it is female dominated.</p>

<p>Just an aside, but does anyone know why so many non-sciences departments now add the word “Science” to their titles? eg. “Family and consumer sciences”, “library sciences”, ect.</p>

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<p>HAHAHAHAHAH!!! I just noticed his screen name!!</p>

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<p>Actually I am going to choose a major based on this…I’m pretty frustrated with life anyways right now.
I’m neither getting money nor good grades nor relationships or friends.</p>

<p>I might as well try and get one before going for something else.</p>

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<p>This is…not advisable.</p>