In the EU-28, near to three fifths (57.6 per cent) of all of the graduates in 2017 had been females.

An analysis by industry of training reveals that there have been 1.4 times as numerous graduates that are femaleweighed against male graduates) for company, management and legislation, while higher ratios had been recorded for arts and humanities (2.0 times as numerous feminine graduates) as well as social sciences, journalism and information (2.1 times as numerous feminine graduates), increasing to 2.8 times as numerous feminine graduates for health and welfare and peaking at 4.1 times as numerous feminine graduates for training (see Figure 2). By comparison, there have been 2.6 times as numerous male (weighed against feminine) graduates for engineering, production and fields that are construction-related 4.2 times as numerous male graduates for information and interaction technologies. Into the two smaller areas — farming, forestry, fisheries and fields that are veterinary and solutions — the amount of graduates had been marginally greater for females than it absolutely was for males. […]