“Stanford reportedly has 214 female students enrolled in its Computer Science major – that’s 30 percent of the major’s total enrollment – making it the most popular major with women at the university for the first time.”
Yes, this is a field that is still actively trying to recruit women. The tech companies have special recruitment activities for female undergrads at top schools to recruit them (along with URMs). They are not necessarily succeeding though.
Just one example: A famous Silicon Valley Co invited my comp sci D and a group of male comp sci URMs to a multi-day recruitment event. Red carpet all the way. But the recruiter repeatedly ignored her comments during the day and complimented the guys when they later made the same contributions or observations. She was pretty fed up by the time she left. And this was a recruiter who was presumably hand-picked to attract ‘non-traditional candidates.’ (Mind you, it’s this way in many industries, just to give some perspective.)
Then there is entry level problem: There are studies out there about why women who start in comp sci end up leaving. One of the factors seems to be that women often get introduced later to coding. Lots of guys in the entry level classes have been coding since infancy whereas many women identify comp sci as a possible field of interest later on. As a result, they are less adept and the homework for entry level classes and find it much more time-consuming. They feel inadequate compared to male class-mates who are zipping through the homework, and getting a B is taken as proof that this isn’t the right field for them. Of course, if you can blast through the basics, other factors become more important and the guys have no advantage there. But that first year is discouraging. Not saying that’s your issue at all - you may be one of the infant coder kids. But too many women give up early on when they discover that they are behind from day one.
So yes, female comp sci majors are sought after, but they also generally have a harder row to hoe all along the way.