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

EARNED MASTER'S DEGREES IN ENGINEERING
YEAR	MALE	FEMALE	PERCENT FEMALE
1975	14,795	372	2.5%
1977	15,314	698	4.4%
1979	14,342	937	6.1%
1981	15,122	1,329	8.1%
1983	17,131	1,755	9.3%
1984	18,045	2,100	10.4%
1985	18,728	2,244	10.7%
1986	18,696	2,400	11.4%
1987	19,300	2,770	12.6%
1988	19,918	2,808	12.4%
1989	20,661	3,082	13.0%
1990	20,726	3,269	13.6%
1991	20,656	3,357	14.0%
1992	21,349	3,699	14.8%
1993	23,570	4,0943	14.8%
1994	24,294	4,423	15.4%
1995	23,998	4,632	16.2%
1996	23,009	4,752	17.1%
SOURCE: Science and Engineering Indicators 2000, Volume 2; Appendix Table 4-23. National Science Board, National Science Foundation (Source: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Studies(NSF/SRS), Science and Engineering Degrees: 1966-96, NSF97-335 (Arlington, VA:1999); SRS Web Page <> for 1996 data Early Release Tables; and U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Statistics of Higher Education: Faculty, Students, and Degrees 1953-54 (Washington, DC:U.S. GOvernment Printing Office, 1956))