Quite the opposite, since the economic gap between college-educated individuals and others is growing at an accelerated pace. Declining educational attainment among males is common among all ethnic groups. Yes, Asian males are more likely to attend and graduate from college than African American males, but both groups are declining at about the same rate. Although differences in the male share of the higher education pie vary by state, the decline is common in all 50. Only one, Utah, still has more males graduating from college than females, but the margin is razor-thin and bound to disappear within a year or two.
Males do continue to dominate some fields of study, but to a far lesser degree than previously.
However, in 1970, that figure stood at 97 percent. A reverse pattern is not evident in fields of study traditionally dominated by women. In 1970, men received only 25 percent of the education degrees. In 1996, they were still locked in at the same rate. No significant differences exist between private and public institutions.