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Women Earn 57% of U.S. Bachelor’s Degrees—For 18th Straight Year

By Terence P. Jeffrey | June 8, 2018 | 5:15 PM EDT

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(CNSNews.com) - Women earned approximately 57 percent of the bachelor’s degrees awarded by U.S. institutions of higher education in the 2016-2017 academic year, according to data released this week by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is part of the U.S. Department of Education.
That, according to NCES data, makes 2016-2017 the eighteenth straight academic year in which women have earned approximately 57 percent of the bachelor’s degrees awarded by U.S. colleges and universities.