The chart below contains information provided by Australia's tertiary institutions about the percentage of male and female students who enrolled in different subjects in 1995.

The chart below contains information provided by Australia's tertiary institutions about the percentage of male and female students who enrolled in different subjects in 1995.
The data provided by Australia's tertiary educational
centers
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above demonstrated the distribution of male and female
students
signed up for different fields of study in 1995.
Overall
, Engineering had the highest number of male
students
while
Arts & Humanities field was
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by the majority of the girls. In fact, the proportion of male
students
registered for Engineering and female counterparts in Arts
& Humanities
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and humanities
were approximately equal.
However
, there was a significant difference in Engineering where the percentage of male
students
was almost 5 times higher than female ones. As in Computing, a similar trend was demonstrated as 10% of male learners outweigh the 4% shown from the learners of the opposite sex.
Likewise
, the doubling figure was shown in males compared to females with roughly 14% and 7% respectively.
On the other hand
, some subject areas provide a more equal distribution between the two genders
such
as Business Studies where the difference was relatively insubstantial,
while
others present considerate biases from female
students
such
as education and health. The least
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subject by female
students
was Engineering with only around 2%
while
for males it was Health at around 4%.
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  • tertiary institutions
  • enrolment
  • engineering
  • information technology
  • nursing
  • gender roles
  • societal expectations
  • suitability
  • caregiving roles
  • job market
  • business studies
  • gender distribution
  • gender inclusion policies
  • workplace diversity
  • gender stereotypes
  • historical trends
  • percentages
  • subjects
  • gender imbalance
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