STATISTICS ABOUT WOMEN IN ENGINEERING
IN THE USA
Compiled by the Society of Women Engineers from NSF and Census Data

EARNED BACHELOR'S DEGREES IN ENGINEERING
YEAR	MALE	FEMALE	PERCENT FEMALE
1966	35,680	146	0.4%
1971	44,887	361	0.8%
1975	38,979	845	2.1%
1976	37,473	1,317	3.4%
1977	39,313	2,044	4.9%
1979	48,588	4,881	9.1%
1981	56,654	7,063	11.1%
1983	63,018	9,652	13.3%
1984	65,424	10,729	14.1%
1985	66,326	11,246	14.5%
1986	65,682	11,138	14.5%
1987	63,021	11,404	15.3%
1988	59,375	10,779	15.4%
1989	56,759	10,188	15.2%
1990	54,732	9,973	15.4%
1991	52,522	9,665	15.5%
1992	52,305	9,636	15.6%
1993	52,724	9,981	15.9%
1994	52,609	10,403	16.5%
1995	52,421	10,950	17.3%
1996	51,798	11,316	17.9%
SOURCE: Science and Engineering Indicators 2000, Volume 2; Appendix Table 4-17. National Science Board, National Science Foundation (Source:National Center for Education Statisitcs, Earned Degrees and Completion Surveys, unpublished tabulations; and National Science Foundation, Science Resources Studies Division, Science and Engineering Degrees 1966-96, NSF 99-330, Author, Susan T. Hill(Arlington, VA:1999).)