Over the years women have began to dominate when it comes to obtaining a college degree. More specifically a Bachelor’s Degree. Women account for 60% of Bachelor Degree graduates today (Fisher, 2013). After doing some research it was found that for ten years straight (2000-2010) females had approximately a 200 person lead on males in the United States when it pertains to a Bachelor’s Degree (Statista). There are many factors related to the educational gender gap including: marriage, divorce, and rates of maturity.
Prior to the 1960s women were marrying at a younger age. Beginning in the late 1960s women began getting married at a later age allowing them more sufficient time to devote themselves to an higher education without the added …show more content…
It has been found that approximately a third of women have their bachelors degree by the age of 27 which calculates to 32% opposed to only 24% of men according to the Labor Department (mitchell). Men feel as they can find a decent job at an earlier age. Also, another significant factor as to why men are falling behind has been revealed. Men are not as willing as females are to finance their education and go into debt ( Coen, 2013). Men would prefer not to to pursue school but instead work. However, this hurts males dramatically as they are not only lacking an education but women are also going into male deemed fields like previously stated. Women are willing to take on the burdens of debt as they see how it will greatly benefit them in the long run. Women even have more drive to do well compared to men. Males feel as if they can breeze by and spend more time socializing than studying. Most males spent at least eleven hours just relaxing and hanging out (Lewin, 2006). When males do not get the grades that they want or fail rather than keeping working towards their they drop out. Women on the other hand are more motivated and less likely to
Prior to the 1960s women were marrying at a younger age. Beginning in the late 1960s women began getting married at a later age allowing them more sufficient time to devote themselves to an higher education without the added …show more content…
It has been found that approximately a third of women have their bachelors degree by the age of 27 which calculates to 32% opposed to only 24% of men according to the Labor Department (mitchell). Men feel as they can find a decent job at an earlier age. Also, another significant factor as to why men are falling behind has been revealed. Men are not as willing as females are to finance their education and go into debt ( Coen, 2013). Men would prefer not to to pursue school but instead work. However, this hurts males dramatically as they are not only lacking an education but women are also going into male deemed fields like previously stated. Women are willing to take on the burdens of debt as they see how it will greatly benefit them in the long run. Women even have more drive to do well compared to men. Males feel as if they can breeze by and spend more time socializing than studying. Most males spent at least eleven hours just relaxing and hanging out (Lewin, 2006). When males do not get the grades that they want or fail rather than keeping working towards their they drop out. Women on the other hand are more motivated and less likely to