University gender gap is wider than ever

The number of female university admissions compared to males is at a record high, according to the latest stats from UCAS.

Females were a third more likely to go to university than men in 2014.

Female university admissions have outweighed male admissions for long while now, but the latest stats reveal that the gender gap today is bigger than ever, with a record number of female versus male students entering into the higher education system.

The report, from university clearing house UCAS, found that females were a third more likely to go to university than men in 2014.

Although entry rates for 18 year olds increased for both sexes, the difference in numbers between male and female applicants was at its highest number yet last year, with a gap of almost 58,000.

Females continue to dominate medicine, law and biology undergraduate degrees and but there's still a majorty of men in maths, science, engineering and technology subjects.

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