As a public institution, men may also enroll, but women's experiences, contributions and issues are central to the classes. Faculty are selected based on their commitment to the intellectual, academic and personal well-being of women. Graduates of women's colleges are six times more likely to be on the boards of Fortune 500 companies or to be named in Business Week's list of Outstanding Corporate Women. Graduates of women's colleges are two to three times more likely to be higher career achievers than female graduates from coeducational campuses. Women's colleges place a higher percentage of women in traditionally male career fields - and at a higher salary.
Women attending all-female schools are twice as likely to pursue a doctoral degree.
Women's colleges produce a higher percentage of females with degrees in the physical sciences, life sciences, math, economics and business than do coeducational institutions .