Is the boy:girl ratio at the liberal arts colleges a deterrent at all?

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Anonymous wrote:Michigan and Indiana are both 50/50.

Yeah I think cold big 10 schools are gonna be 50/50

[Anonymous]

Went to a majority female school, class of ‘91. So different time but what I hear from kids, not radically different dating wise. Some friends married college boyfriends, many actually. All still married.

Had boyfriends in college but didnt have one in the end. Married four years later. Met him through a college friend.

What I hear from DCs, including one at a majority female school, is not that different. Social media being the big exception. But seems more same than different.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's a lure to my son, a deterrent to my daughter. Both are hetero. It's not just the numbers though, at an LAC it's harder for a girl to get in than a guy so the girls are often smarter and more motivated.
That said, the girls often end up with a great group of female friends which in the long run usually means more in life. You'll go through a lot of s.o.'s through your 20s, but it's nice if some friends can last

Yes. I went to a college that has been mentioned in this thread. Found a great group of female friends and one husband. The husband didn't last, but the friendships are still going strong 30 years later.

[Anonymous]

100% agree with previous poster.

My female friends from college are so important to me every day. Our girls hope for the same. And I wish them excellent college friendships that county long after.

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Continue not county

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Anonymous wrote:Is JMU still way off kilter?

yes

It’s not really. It’s 42% male. University of Georgia is also 42% male. University of Florida is 43% male and UT Austin is 44%. The fact is there are way fewer men enrolling in colleges; only the very top schools can be assured of being able to get gender balance.

Chicks prefer warmth.

Big10 splits:

Md: 52/48
PSU: 53:47
Michigan: 50/50
Msu: 49/51
Rutgers: 50/50
Ohio state: 50/50
Indiana: 50/50
Uiuc: 54/46
Minnesota: 46/54
Northwestern: 48/52
Iowa: 45/55
Purdue: 57/43
Nebraska: 52/48
Wisco: 48/52

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You're assuming that everyone is heteo. Highly unlikely.

Also, most people these days get married later. You don't have to meet a partner in college.

Possibly true but you still want to have fun.

[Anonymous]

More women go to college than men. The numbers simply reflect that.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA is 56% female, which is more imbalanced than my son’s SLAC.

That’s because UVA must take two-thirds of their students from VA. If that constraint didn’t exist, they could balance the gender, especially with 50,000 applicants.

It is that way because there are more and better female applicants than there are male applicants. Outside of engineering, it is closer to 60%/40%, which is becoming closer to the norm.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is JMU still way off kilter?

All of these schools skew female:

UVA - 55w/45m
JMU - 59w/41m
George Mason - 53w/47m
Christopher Newport - 56w/44m
VCU - 60w/40m
W&M - 56w/44m

VT is the only one with more men:
43w/57m

Again, they are state schools. Title IX prohibits gender discrimination in undergraduate admissions in state colleges, but not private colleges. So, if more women apply, more are accepted. Tech's STEM focus attracts many more male applicants than women.

Which is a ridiculous loophole lobbied for by Ivy League schools in the 1970s.

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Anonymous wrote:Went to a large state school with 60:40 girls:boys ratio. Ended up with boyfriend who was frankly not at my level and yes it had an impact. That being said, it wasn't a key factor in my college decision and that's an age to make mistakes and learn what you like, not an age to settle down.

JMU skews female (perhaps because of its origins as a teacher's college), and my DS likes it there.

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Same with my son. I believe all the VA state universities skew female - maybe not VT.

GMU is 50/50

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:UVA is 56% female, which is more imbalanced than my son’s SLAC.

That’s because UVA must take two-thirds of their students from VA. If that constraint didn’t exist, they could balance the gender, especially with 50,000 applicants.

Um you are missing the point. The topic of this thread is whether this is particularly a liberal arts college issue. It is not.

UCLA by the way is only 41% male.

But understanding the dynamics of what causes these imbalances could be helpful.

Well I don’t think it’s correct that UVA can’t be 50/50 because they are constrained by their 2/3 in state rule. There is no evidence of that and it doesn’t make sense. Presumably they could admit 50/50 in state applicants and 50/50 out of state applicants.

If they did that, the women enrolled would be more qualified than the men.

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Anonymous wrote:Went to a large state school with 60:40 girls:boys ratio. Ended up with boyfriend who was frankly not at my level and yes it had an impact. That being said, it wasn't a key factor in my college decision and that's an age to make mistakes and learn what you like, not an age to settle down.

JMU skews female (perhaps because of its origins as a teacher's college), and my DS likes it there.

+1
Same with my son. I believe all the VA state universities skew female - maybe not VT.

GMU is 50/50

VMI

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is JMU still way off kilter?

yes

It’s not really. It’s 42% male. University of Georgia is also 42% male. University of Florida is 43% male and UT Austin is 44%. The fact is there are way fewer men enrolling in colleges; only the very top schools can be assured of being able to get gender balance.

Just looked up UGA (2019j- number of women who applied 17,739, admissions 8,424(47.5% accepted); man applied 11,513, 4,823(41.9%).

That 42% could easily dip below 40% on a given year.

[Anonymous]

Comprehensive 2019 data on the "gender gap" in college admissions at the link below.

https://www.highereddatastories.com/2021/09/gender-advantages-in-college-admission.html

By using the "Broad Carnegie Groups" dropdown and selecting "Baccalaureate" only, you can restrict attention to LACs.