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Women With Advanced Degrees Are More Likely to Give Birth and Have Larger Families Than 20 Years Ago
Among women with at least a master’s degree, 60 percent have had two or more children, up from 51 percent in 1994. The share with two children has risen 4 percentage points, while the share with three or more has risen 6 percentage points.
Examining the Gender Gap in College Participation Rates
In 2012, 71 percent of women high school graduates had enrolled in some type of postsecondary education program by October of that year. For men the rate was 61 percent. The gender gap is even larger for Hispanics and African Americans.
Examining the Education Gap Among Married Couples
For the first time in history, in 2012 the number of women who married men who had less education than they did, exceeded the number of men who married women with less education.
Survey Finds That Women Place Greater Value on Higher Education Than Men
Half of all women college graduates believe they received a good value for the money spent on their higher education.
