Significant upward trends in the female share of degrees over time since 1971 include the fields of psychology (from 44.8% in 1971 to 79.3% in 2020, a new record high), Biology (from 29.1% in 1971 to 64.5% in 2020, a record high), Architecture (from 11.9% to 48.1%, a record high), Business (from 9.1% to 46.5%), Engineering (from 0.8% to 23.8%, a new high), and Physical Sciences (13.8% to 43.2%, a new high). Slightly less significant upward trends in the female share of degrees since 1971 include the fields of Math (from 38.0% to 42.0%), Computer Science (13.6% to 21.3%) and Social Studies (Economics, History, Political Science, and Sociology) from 36.8% to 51.7%.
The female share of Computer Science degrees follows a unique trend – it more than doubled from 13.6% in 1971 to 37.1% in 1984, and then decreased steadily and stabilized at about 18-19% a decade ago. In 2020, the female share of Computer Science degrees at 21.3% was the highest since a 22.2% share in 2005.
There is a shift in the demographics where almost all groups of voters are shifting to Republican except for college-educated women, especially childless women. In 2010, Dems had a 10-point lead among women with college degrees; it’s now ballooned to 38 points.
The typical face of America’s opioid epidemic has long been that of a white man from a post-industrial town in the Appalachian mountains. White victims have accounted for 78% of the more than 500,000 opioid-overdose deaths since the late 1990s. In 2017 counties in Appalachia experienced rates 72% higher than the average for the rest of the country. But Black Americans are catching up.
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