University of California, Davis, with 56% female enrollment and 29% of the
student body specializing in STEM (as determined by College Scorecard data) Cornell University
in Ithaca, NY, ranked second with 51% female enrollment and 30% in STEM followed by Johns Hopkins
University in Baltimore, MD, in the third position.
Other standouts on our list include Washington University in St. Louis (MO),
Duke University (NC) and Princeton University (NJ), which round out the top five.
Other schools on the list show a wide geographic diversity, like Rice University in Texas,
Clemson University in South Carolina and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in Michigan.
So, what's the secret to helping women succeed in STEM? Offering support systems could be key.
UC Davis is home to CAMPOS, or the Center for the Advancement of Multicultural Perspectives on Science,
which offers aid, including mentoring and career guidance, to women and Latina women in STEM. The center
is part of a larger UC Davis ADVANCE initiative, a National Science Foundation program aiming to increase
participation for women pursuing STEM careers. ADVANCE also strives to promote diversity within school leadership
and faculty, specifically professors in STEM fields.
Cornell offers the EWISE (Empowering Women in Science & Engineering) Symposium, which brings together students, faculty,
postdocs and more to learn from notable professionals in the field during workshops and panel discussions. It also promotes
an annual Women in STEM Policy seminar which convene women in science and health fields to discuss topics like salary negotiation
and government jobs in the field.
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