Educated workers have been almost evenly divided by genderfor many years, with the gap fluctuating in and out of women'sfavor depending on economic conditions.
For more than three decades, a majority of college students inthe U.S. have been women. However, it was not until this year thatwomen made up the majority of thecollege-educated workforce.
The most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showsthat in July there were 29.234 million women workers over the ageof 25 with bachelor's degrees, just slightly greater than the maletotal: 29.069 million.
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