Gender Equality Scheme - Swansea University

Figure 2 Upper-second class degrees – university and faculty percentages by gender.
Male
Female
At university and faculty levels female students are generally more likely than males to obtain
an upper-second class degree, though males are performing better in the Faculty of Health and
Human Sciences.
Figure 3 Lower-second class degrees – university and faculty percentages by gender.
Male
Female
While female students were less likely (at university level) to gain a 2:2 degree in 2002/03, there
has in general been little significant difference between the two genders, with approximately
40% of both men and women gaining this class of degree (Annex 1 – Figure 13). The Faculty
with largest variation from the University norm is the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law
which, between 2000-2002, had a large percentage of both men and women who were
allocated this degree. Engineering and Science students (of both genders) were less likely to
get this class of degree.
Figure 4Third class degrees – university and faculty percentages by gender.
Male
Female
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