A Snapshot of Women in U.S. Graduate Programs

New data obtained by WIAReport from the U.S. Department of Education shows that in 2009 there were 1,688,369 women enrolled in graduate programs in American degree-granting institutions. About 52 percent of these were enrolled in full-time programs and 51 percent were enrolled at private institutions of higher learning.

In 2009 women made up 59 percent of all students enrolled in graduate programs in the United States. Women were 56 percent of all full-time graduate students.