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men’s and their mean GPA in engineering courses is slightly higher than men’s. A higher
proportion of female students have 4.0 average GPA’s in engineering, and female students were
more likely to make the Dean’s list than were male students. (Table IIC-3) (While not all of the
gender differences are statistically significant, almost all of them show the same pattern, of
females having higher academic achievement than males.)
TABLE IIC-3
ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE BY YEAR IN SCHOOL AND GENDER
Mean GPA,
Spring 2001
(overall)
Year in School
Total First-year Sophomore Junior Senior
Males 3.06 3.11 3.14 3.14 3.27
Females 3.25 3.30 3.50* 3.15 3.57*
Mean GPA
(Engineering) a
Males 3.41 3.59 3.24 3.31 3.44
Females 3.50 3.64 3.56* 3.13 3.57
% 4.0 GPA
(Engineering) a
Males 16.7 49.1 2.0 2.0 5.0
Females 26.8* 50.0 11.8 18.2* 9.1
% Dean’s List,
Spring 2001
Males 31.3 32.3 20.6 40.3 43.2
Females 42.9* 42.9 40.0** 46.2 38.5
a Self-reported in spring.
* T-Test between the genders significant at p