Where the heck are the men?
Women by far outnumbered men in total enrollment in the fall semester of 2019 with 10.63 million women enrolled and just 7.61 million men, meaning that overall there are now 40% more women in college than men:
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At public four-year schools, there were 30% more women (4.51 million) than men (3.48 million)
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At private non-profit four-year schools, there were 50% more women (2.32 million) than men (1.54 million)
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At private for-profit four-year schools, there were more than twice as many woman (508,000) than men (241,000).
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At public two-year schools, there were 38% more women (3.11 million) than men (2.26 million).
Over the past three years, enrollment has declined for both men and women, but faster for men (-5.2%) than for women (-1.4%). Since 2011, enrollment has declined by 13% for men and by 9.4% for women.
