In France, during the 2020/21 academic year, 86 percent of people enrolled in paramedical and social courses were women, the highest share of female students among education courses. In business schools the parity was almost perfect since around 51 percent of students in these careers were women. Finally, one of the educational paths with the least female participants was engineering courses, where there were only 28.9 percent.
Rate of women in higher education courses in France in 2020/21
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Insee. (March 3, 2022). Rate of women in higher education courses in France in 2020/21 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1423653/rate-of-women-in-higher-education-courses-france/
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Insee. (2022). Rate of women in higher education courses in France in 2020/21. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1423653/rate-of-women-in-higher-education-courses-france/
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