In a survey conducted in 2021, economy, medicine, and other health-related studies were the preferred university degrees among Italian high school graduates. However, there were some relevant gender differences. For instance, engineering was chosen by 24.8 percent of male students, while only five percent of females students wished to study engineering.
Preferred degree courses among students graduated from upper secondary school in Italy in 2021, by gender
Upper secondary school graduates willing to study at the university (73.7% of the respondents)
Data were acquired in two ways: 1. students took part to a survey answering a questionnaire, 2. school documents were consulted in order to gain information about gender, age, grades, citizenship, school credit, and type of diploma.
*about 50 percent answered.
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Consorzio Interuniversitario AlmaLaurea. (October 25, 2021). Preferred degree courses among students graduated from upper secondary school in Italy in 2021, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 03, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/981236/preferred-degree-courses-among-secondary-school-graduates-by-gender-italy/
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