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

GRADUATE ENROLLMENT IN ENGINEERING
YEAR	MALE	FEMALE	PERCENT FEMALE
1977	64,985	3,700	5.4%
1979	65,852	5,876	8.2%
1981	71,809	7,746	9.7%
1983	81,312	9,807	10.8%
1985	94,911	11,080	10.5%
1987	90,990	12,963	12.5%
1988	89,705	13,124	12.8%
1989	90,443	13,600	13.1%
1990	92,953	14,672	13.6%
1991	97,861	15,715	13.8%
1992	100,802	17,233	14.6%
1993	99,189	17,692	15.1%
1994	95,006	18,054	16.0%
1995	89,377	18,152	16.9%
1996	84,971	18,252	17.7%
1997	82,293	18,715	18.5%
SOURCE: Science and Engineering Indicators 2000, Volume 2; Appendix Table 4-21; National Science Board, National Science Foundation (Source:National Science Foundation, Science Resources Studies Division, Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, Fall 1997, NSF 99-325, Project Officer, Joan Burrelli (Arlington, VA:1999); and previous years of this publication)