Who is getting higher education today more often: men or women?

According to the latest data from the UCAS Research Center in UK , the gender gap between men and women in higher education is growing more and more. In 2015, as in several previous years, girls were in the lead in the number of applications for admission to prestigious universities in the United Kingdom. This year the difference was about 35% of the total. The total number of male applicants decreased by 36 thousand people.

The numbers show that overall, in schools and colleges, girls outperform boys for excellent grades in each age group. However, it is noted that there are still low rates of female applicants in fundamental scientific specialties, engineering and technology.

What is the reason for this state of affairs, and why are men becoming less interested in higher education? According to some professors, the reason lies in the benefits of higher education for women, and in the fact that men today are becoming more practitioners than theoreticians. Young people are interested in finding a more profitable and profitable way of earning money than in obtaining a master's or bachelor's degree.And if they continue to study after school, they are more likely to choose various colleges with professional training, rather than the old prestigious universities. For women today, education is seen as an opportunity to get a high-paying job and a stable income.

Original study: https://www.ucas.com/corporate/news-and-key-documents/news/record-numbers-students-accepted-uk-universities-and-colleges