Gender Differences in Enrollment in High Prestige Academic College Majors

This study examined the percentages of freshman and senior male and female students enrolled in high prestige majors at James Madison University. A prestige ranking for 30 majors was determined by the rating of a representative sample of the university's student body. The hypothesis that there would be higher percentages of male versus female students enrolled in high prestige majors was supported for first-year students. Male seniors did not have a higher percentage of enrollment in the top ten majors than did female seniors.