Social and human care oriented fields of study are dominated by female students in the OECD countries. For instance, in Australia, 89 percent of the new students at short-cycle tertiary programs in education and 75 percent of the new health students were women, compared to only 25 percent of the new students within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. There were some differences between the countries, but in all OECD countries, a majority of the new bachelor's students within education and health were women.
Share of women among new entrants to bachelor's programs or equivalents in OECD countries in 2021, by field of study
* Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
**Numbers unavailable for education, social sciences, and business.
***Numbers unavailable for education and social sciences.
****Numbers unavailable for education.
*****Numbers unavailable for education, social sciences, and health.
******Numbers unavailable for social sciences.
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