After reaching 37.1% in 1983–84, women’s share of U.S. computer and information science bachelor’s degrees entered a long decline and stood at 17.6% in 2010–11.

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"After reaching 37.1% in 1983–84, women’s share of U.S. computer and information science bachelor’s degrees entered a long decline and stood at 17.6% in 2010–11."

The NCES series captures the distinctive reversal in computer science after women’s rapid gains during the 1970s and early 1980s.

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Source title Degrees in computer and information sciences conferred by degree-granting institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: 1970-71 through 2010-11

Source authors National Center for Education Statistics

Source year 2012

Confidence high

Importance high