Percentage of Women Goes Down on the Top Rungs of the Admissions Office Ladder

A new survey by the National Association for College Admission Counseling finds that women make up a large percentage of admissions office personnel at colleges and universities across the United States but are a much smaller percentage of admission directors and executives.

The data from the survey shows that women are about 70 percent of all admissions counselors, assistant admissions directors, and associate admissions directors. But women are only 53 percent of admissions directors and 40 percent of the individuals who hold titles such as vice president of admission, dean of admission, or vice president of enrollment management.