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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 1 Female students enrolled for the first time in STEM courses, and female enrolment rate of the 2008 and 2014 cohorts

From: An analysis of Italian university students’ performance through segmented regression models: gender differences in STEM courses

 

Cohort

 

2008

2014

Degree course

F

%

Total

F

%

Total

Biology

4785

73.6

6505

3945

72.4

5446

Biotechnology

2044

64.0

3194

1966

65.3

3013

Chemistry

1042

48.2

2163

1046

44.8

2334

Computer Science

388

14.7

2646

544

13.6

3992

Engineering

5505

22.5

24,506

6864

24.5

28,027

Mathematics

1330

61.8

2152

838

56.2

1490

Natural Sciences

1123

48.5

2315

1165

49.6

2349

Physics

610

34.1

1787

664

31.7

2092

Statistics

326

46.6

700

330

41.5

796

Total

17,153

37.3

45,968

17,362

35.0

49,539