The Relationship Between Major and Current Job by Gender

Of the employed respondents from the Class of 2002, males (55.4%) were slightly more likely to see their jobs as being moderately to highly related to their major than females (58.9%).  When this same group was surveyed one year after graduation, men (57.1%) were more likely to state that they felt their jobs were moderately to highly related to their majors than women (54.8%).

Table 11
The Relationship Between Major and Current Job by Gender (%)

Females Males
Not related    24.7    17.9
Slightly related    17.5    19.6
Moderately related    21.1    28.6
Highly Related     34.3    30.4
Total 100.00
N =162		 100.00
N = 54

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