Women in STEM

It's graduation day! As excited as I am to be graduating with my chemistry degree, it's disappointing to know that women only earn 39% of physical science degrees when they earn 57.3% of all bachelor's degrees. The numbers in other STEM disciplines are even lower with women earning 43.1% of mathematics degrees, 19.3% of engineering degrees, and 17.9% of computer science degrees (NSF, 2016).

For this reason, on my graduation day, I look forward to inspiring other women to follow in my footsteps and dare to surpass all expectations. For more statistics on women in STEM, visit the National Girls Collaborative Project website: https://ngcproject.org/statistics

-A. Judge