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Leadership Gateways

Studies have found that, by attending women's colleges, women:

Participate more fully in and out of class.
Are more successful in careers; that is, they tend to hold higher positions, are happier, and earn more money.
Have a higher percentage of majors in economics, math and life science today than men at coeducational colleges.
Report greater satisfaction than their coed counterparts with their college experience in almost all measures — academically, developmentally, and personally.
Continue toward doctorates in math, science and engineering in disproportionately large numbers.
Are three times more likely to earn a baccalaureate degree in economics and one and one-half times more likely to earn baccalaureates degrees in life sciences, physical sciences and mathematics than at a coeducational institution.
Develop measurably higher levels of self-esteem than other achieving women in coeducational institutions. After two years in coeducational institutions, women have been shown to have lower levels of self-esteem than when they entered college.
Score higher on standardized achievement tests.
Tend to choose traditionally male disciplines, like the sciences, as their academic majors, in greater numbers.
Are more likely to graduate.
Tend to be more involved in philanthropic activities after college.