---
title: "Gender and Education"
description: "The gender gap in college education is the subject of a new Pew Research Center report that includes analysis of public opinion data and of Census Bureau statistics. Women surpass men among recent college graduates, and women also have a more positive view of the value of a college education. The report includes Current Population […]"
date: "2011-08-17"
authors:
  - name: "D’Vera Cohn"
    job_title: "Former Senior Writer/Editor"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/dvera-cohn/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2011/08/17/gender-and-education/"
categories:
  - "Education"
  - "Education & Gender"
  - "Gender"
  - "Gender & LGBTQ"
  - "Higher Education"
---

# Gender and Education

The [gender gap in college education](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2011/08/Gender-and-higher-ed-FNL-RPT.pdf) is the subject of a new Pew Research Center report that includes analysis of public opinion data and of Census Bureau statistics. Women surpass men among recent college graduates, and women also have a more positive view of the value of a college education. The report includes Current Population Survey statistics comparing the genders going back to 1964.