The bar chart shows how many students enrolled in different main subjects at a US university in 2010.
Overall, while Accounting and Marketing attracted more females than males, the reverse was true for Economics and Mathematics, with Mathematics being clearly male-dominated. It is also worth noting that the most preferred subject – Finance – saw the smallest gender disparity across the board, as did Engineering.
Female students were more likely to study Marketing and Accounting than were their male counterparts. Regarding Accounting, an overwhelming majority of 200 female students were drawn to this subject, slightly exceeding the number of males (roughly 170). Despite having much lower figures, Marketing also saw a similar pattern, with around 120 females pursuing this subject and approximately 75 males who did the same.
By contrast, Economics and Mathematics were primarily dominated by males. As for the former, there were twice as many male enrollees as their female counterparts, with respective figures being roughly 150 and 75 students. This difference was even more pronounced in Mathematics, where 200 male students enrolled in this subject, more than tripling the number of female students who also pursued this course.
Finally, the two subjects whose gender distribution was balanced were Finance and Engineering. Finance, the most popular subject, drew equal participation rates from male and female students, at around 230. This was also the case for Engineering which, despite being the least favoured subject across the board, showed only a small gender disparity, with approximately 54 students of each sex.