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TABLE 1D-4
PERCENTAGE FEMALE IN MAJOR BY YEAR IN SCHOOL
Year in Chemical Civil/
Major
Electrical/Computing Mechanical General Total (n)
Program
Environmental
First-year 26.7 42.1 5.0 18.5 17.5 20.8 (106)
Sophomores 39.1 26.1 11.8 12.0 na 21.0 (105)
Juniors 22.2 40.9 3.2 9.5 na 16.9 (83)
Seniors 42.9 45.4 0 18.2 na 24.6 (61)
Total 34.4 36.1 6.1 14.7 17.5 20.2 (352) a
National 36.3 22.9 b 15.1 12.4 na 19.5
average a
a Includes data from students added in Spring.
b Calculated from CPST Engineering Workforce Commission data on Engineering and
Technical Enrollments, Fall 1990-2000 (WEPAN website www.wepan.org)
c Civil engineering only; statistics for environmental engineering were not available
While it fluctuates from year to year, compared to the national average of proportion
female in engineering majors, Rowan’s average proportions of females in chemical and
mechanical engineering are similar to the national averages, the proportion of female
students in civil and environmental engineering is higher than the national average
(although it should be remembered that the national statistics were for civil engineering
only); but Rowan has a lower proportion of females than the national average in electrical
and computer engineering. These majors account for 63% of the majors of female
students in engineering nationwide (CPST, 2000), and 85% of the bachelor’s degrees
awarded to female engineers in 2000 (NSF, 2002), which suggests an overall similarity
between Rowan and female engineering students nationwide.
Because of the small numbers of women in some of the majors at Rowan, most of
our analysis is not able to differentiate between the different disciplines, although we
recognize that there may variation across majors on many of our indicators.
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