The highest percentage of degrees awarded to women has been at the Master's level, while the lowest percentage has been conferred at the Doctoral level. Since 1994, the greatest relative increase in degrees awarded to women has taken place at the Doctoral level. In 2003, the the highest percentages of degrees earned by female students were in the colleges of Human Environmental Sciences (90%), Nursing (88%) and Social Work (86%), while the lowest percentage was in the College of Engineering (16%) From 1994 to 2003, the relative number of degrees awarded to women has risen the most in the College of Design, from 25% to 54%, and in the College of Medicine, from 32% to 50%. Over the past ten years, the relative number of degrees awarded to women has declined the most in the College of Dentistry from 55% to 38%.

UNIVERSITY TOTAL DEGREE YEAR 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 COLLEGE TOTALS (click here) Female 2,211 2,291 2,381 2,448 2,636 2,632 2,586 2,595 2,651 2,677 Male 2,086 2,129 2,244 2,310 2,339 2,356 2,286 2,293 2,320 2,293 UK TOTAL 4,297 4,420 4,625 4,758 4,975 4,988 4,872 4,888 4,971 4,970