<p>Though I am not adept as NSM and Xiggi with coming up with the stats and cites, I want to say, that the reason schools get nervous when the male enrollment starts dipping below 40% is because, this then starts affecting the female applications to the school as well. Females apparently are not as eager to apply to schools that are predominantly female. This is something I read in education journals that makes sense to me since there really is no problem in having a school or college population that has more females than males in it. I don’t think a 50/50 mix in gender in everything is that important.</p>