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Nov 18, 2013
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Some interesting data about SA’s in 2016-17. What it shows in general is female athletes perform better than females non-athletes, including STEM fields. Other than basketball, 17% of female athletes vs only 15% of females in student body received STEM degrees. It’s even more lopsided in D2 at 18% vs 11%.


“In Division I, the percentage of female student-athletes pursuing a degree in a science, technology, engineering or math major is equal to women in the general student body. In Division II, female student-athletes are more likely than women in the general student body to pursue a STEM degree. In Division I, 15 percent of female students as well as 15 percent of female student-athletes are seeking those degrees. In Division II, 17 percent of female student-athletes and 11 percent of women in the general student body are pursuing STEM degrees.”

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Apr 20, 2015
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Some interesting data about SA’s in 2016-17. What it shows in general is female athletes perform better than females non-athletes, including STEM fields. Other than basketball, 17% of female athletes vs only 15% of females in student body received STEM degrees. It’s even more lopsided in D2 at 18% vs 11%.


“In Division I, the percentage of female student-athletes pursuing a degree in a science, technology, engineering or math major is equal to women in the general student body. In Division II, female student-athletes are more likely than women in the general student body to pursue a STEM degree. In Division I, 15 percent of female students as well as 15 percent of female student-athletes are seeking those degrees. In Division II, 17 percent of female student-athletes and 11 percent of women in the general student body are pursuing STEM degrees.”

New NCAA Diploma Dashboards offer major insight | NCAA.org - The Official Site of the NCAA
This...yes...thank you. Everyone likes to talk about there not being enough real majors on sports teams but you have to compare apples to apples like this or it doesn't matter. True that theee aren't many engineering majors on college softball rosters but their aren't many females in the program period. Also...adulting sucks so if my kiddo ends up doing an extra year of school because she wasn't able to take everything due to softball I do NOT care. Let her be a kid with few responsibilities as long as she can. Shoot...of all the people I graduated college with I'd say only 50% of us are working in the field we got our degrees in anyway

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Jul 5, 2016
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Not surprising really. I would think it more likely than not that a kid having the drive to play a varsity sport in college will also have the drive to succeed in other things. And softball is not a money sport where a great athlete has a shot at making good money as a pro.
 

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