Females Are Granted More Degrees In Sociology Than Males

Using data from the National Science Foundation, I created some simple curvilinear graphs to examine the male to female ratios of sociology degrees. During the early 1990s, females started earning more doctorates in sociology than males. Why? Did males stop pursuing PhDs in sociology in favor of other academic disciplines? Or was there an influx of female graduate students from the undergraduate ranks?

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