Further, seeing women in leadership positions affirms that it is not necessary to conform to a male, style or way of doing things become a leader. Bryn Mawr students are three to five times more likely to major in math and science than the national average .
Studies show that women's college graduates are more likely to earn an advanced degree.
Bryn Mawr College ranks number one in the nation in the percentage of women baccalaureate graduates who earn Ph.D.s in the humanities and third in all fields. Studies show that women's college graduates are more successful in their careers and hold higher positions than women who graduate from coeducational institutions. Emily Green Balch, Bryn Mawr Class of 1889, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946. Nettie Stevens, Bryn Mawr Class of 1903, was the first person to observe that the X and Y chromosomes determine sex. Poet Marianne Moore, Bryn Mawr Class of 1907, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.