Women Are Projected to Increase Their Share of Total Enrollments in American Higher Education

New data from the U.S. Department of Education estimates that by the year 2019 there will be 13,224,000 American women enrolled in higher education. That is an increase of 18 percent from the number of women enrolled today. The data shows that male enrollments are expected to increase by slightly under 8 percent during the period.

Today, women make up 56.8 percent of all enrollments in American higher education. The projections show that in 2019, women will comprise 59.0 percent of all enrollments.