Male/female ratio in engineering?

SoCcErTrAcK2016
Mon, 15 Jan 2018 17:46:47 +0000

I’m a female in the Mech E/ Aero E track. I’ve heard that Mech E here is about 80-20 guys to girls. However, I haven’t noticed that yet. Overall engineering is closer to 50-50 since majors like BME (which is majority female) balances things out a bit. Also, we don’t split off into our majors from general engineering until around the beginning of the 3rd year.

Don’t let the gender ratio deter you - if Aero is something you really want to pursue, you’ll be dealing with the gender ratio the rest of your life. Plus if the gender ratio is already enough to deter you from pursuing Aero Engineering in college, you might want to reevaluate your goals and motivations.