Research/Study

New Report Reveals Gender Gaps in Graduate Management Education Throughout the World

The Graduate Management Admission Council has release a new report detailing degree attainments of men and women in a large number of countries throughout the world. There are an estimated 15 million people aged 20 to 34cacross the world who are graduate management education master’s degree-holders. The 10 countries with the largest supply of GME master’s degree-holders within the student-age populations include China (Mainland), India, the United States, Brazil, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Japan, the United Kingdom, and Bangladesh.

Globally, of the more than 61 million people assumed to have attained a master’s degree, approximately 24 percent have earned GME degrees. Worldwide, 44.8 percent of GME degrees are held by women within the student-aged population of 20 to 34 years old. Five countries showed greater than 60 percent female GME degree-holders, including: Colombia (65.6%), Dominican Republic (64.5%), Australia (63.4%), Djibouti (61.5%0, and Tunisia (60.1%).

In the United States, there are 3,282,085 women between the ages of 20 and 34 who hold master’s degrees compared to 2,845,136 men, according to the report. But men out number women in graduate management education master’s degrees by a margin of 814,662 to 602,404. Thus, men hold 57 percent of all graduate degrees in management.

For all women in the 20-34 age groups in the Unted States, 33.7 percent held a bachelor’s degree, 10 percent held a master’s degree, and 1.8 percent held a graduate degree in management. For men in this age group, 30.3 percent had a bachelor’s degree, 8.4 percent held a master’s degree, and 2.4 percent held a graduate degree in management.

More than one third of men ages 20 to 34 who held a master’s degree earned their degree in business, administration or the law. For women, 22.4 percent of master’s degree holds had their degrees in business, administration or the law. This percentage point gap was the largest of any discipline surveyed including engineering

The full 194-page report, The Global Diversity of Talent – Attaintment and Representation, may be downloaded here.

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Related Articles

Latest News

Kimberly T. Kostelis Selected to Lead Central Connecticut State University

0
Dr. Kostelis, the new interim president of Central Connecticut State University, has been with the university for more than two decades. For the past five years, she has served as provost and vice president for academic affairs.

California State University Dominguez Hills Extends Interim President’s Contract

0
Mary Ann Villarreal took the helm of CSU Dominguez Hills on January 1, 2026. She will continue to serve as the university's interim president through the 2028–2029 academic year.

Six Women With Academic Ties Named MacArthur Fellows

0
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation recently announced the 20 latest recipients in its fellowship program, commonly referred to as “genius grants.” Six of the awardees are American women with ties to the academic world.

Report Ranks the United States 47th Among World Nations in Gender Equality

0
Along with 31 other economies, the U.S. has reached 100 percent gender parity in educational attainment. But gender gaps in the U.S. persist in economic opportunity, health and survival, and political empowerment, according to a new report from the World Economic Forum.

Deborah Kish Stephan Appointed President of Flathead Valley Community College in Montana

0
The Flathead Valley Community College board of trustees has selected Deborah Kish Stephan as the college's next president. However, the appointment has drawn concerns from faculty, who claim the board was not receptive to faculty feedback during the hiring process.

Latest Job Listings

Assistant Professor, Jazz

0
The Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto invites applications for a full-time tenure-stream position in the area of Jazz.

Associate Professor, Piano Pedagogy

0
The Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto invites applications for a full-time tenure-stream position in the area of Piano Pedagogy.

Future Faculty in the Physical Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship

0
We seek to attract a diverse cohort of early career scientists who will conduct research in physics, broadly defined, including astrophysics, biophysics, geophysics, and planetary physics, independently or in collaboration with Princeton faculty, postdoctoral researchers and students.

Director of the School of Dance

0
The College of Fine Arts at the University of Utah invites nominations and applications for a visionary leader to serve as the next Director of its School of Dance.

Assistant Professor of Teaching in Neuroscience in the UCLA Department of Psychology and Undergraduate Neuroscience Interdepartmental Program

0
The UCLA Department of Psychology and the UCLA Undergraduate Neuroscience Interdepartmental Program invite applications for a full-time Assistant Professor of Teaching who will develop and teach courses in Behavioral, Cellular, and Molecular Neuroscience.