Students with lower grades earn degrees more often when they belong to an academic major’s majority group

September 4, 2026 · 7:20 pm 1 sources

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• Students with lower grades earn degrees more often when they belong to an academic major's majority group
  Phys.org · September 4, 2026 19:20
  Despite efforts to encourage broader participation, women earn about 25% of undergraduate engineering degrees and 18% of undergraduate computer science degrees—and men remain a small minority among people earning nursing and education degrees.