Indicator 56
Graduate Academic Students by Gender and Discipline, 1998-99 to 2008-09
Overall, about 42 percent of all graduate academic students were women in 2008-09.
However, as this graph shows, the proportion of graduate academic students who are women varies by discipline. Half or more of the graduate academic students in the life sciences, social sciences, humanities and other disciplines are women, compared to about 26 percent in the physical sciences.
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Source: UCOP Corporate Student System.
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