"Coupled with the gender pay gap (women earn 26 percent less than men), women take longer to pay back their student loans than their male counterparts."

Disappointing that such a slanted article was written by a supposed academic.

http://www.nbcnews.com/business/careers/recent-female-college-grads-near-pay-parity-not-over-long-n427731

"Gender Wage Gap Narrows for New Women College Grads: Fed Research"

"Of the 73 majors examined, young women actually earned as much or more than their male counterparts in 29 of them, including an 11 percent wage premium for treatment therapy majors and a 16 percent wage premium for recent female grads with social services degrees."