What's Up Mr. Man?

I attended my nieces 8th grade (private school) graduation the other day and towards the end of the ceremony it struck me that it seemed like were a lot more girls in her class than boys. Then yesterday I came across a stunning article about the ratio of females to males who receive college degrees.

Now, I possibly have an insight into the composition of my nieces middle school graduation class: at the primary level parents are investing more in a daughter's education than in a son's which has ramifications for future educational pursuits. Why this may be this case I have no idea.

From Carpe Diem...

And it's now official: Women dominate men at every level of higher education, in terms of degrees conferred. Here's the breakdown for graduates of the class of 2009:

Associate's Degrees: 167 for women for every 100 for men.

Bachelor's Degrees: 142 for women for every 100 for men.

Master's Degrees: 159 for women for every 100 for men.

Professional Degrees: 104 for women for every 100 for men.

Doctoral Degrees: 107 for women for every 100 for men.

In fact, the last time men had more degrees than women at any level was the Class of 2006, which had slightly more men than women for both Professional and Doctoral degrees. For the other levels, it hasn't been even close for decades. The last year that men earned more Master's degrees than women was 1984-1985, for Bachelor's degrees it was the Class of 1981, and for Associates degrees it was 1976-1977 when men earned more degrees than women.