April 27, 2004 3:03 PM

Better educated but, are we better paid?
Posted by at 3:03 PM

CNN|Money's "Woman's work? Almost anything" examines the stats on which gender is receiving the majority of college degrees and which traditionally male-dominated industries women are entering:

This year, for the first time in the history of Harvard University, the number of women offered admission to the incoming undergraduate freshman class outpaced the number of men....
Women now earn more associate's, bachelor's and master's degrees than their male counterparts. In the academic year 2001-02, 57 percent of bachelor's degrees and 59 percent of master's degrees were awarded to women, according to data from the National Center for Education Statistics....
Women also earned nearly half of the Ph.D.s (46.3 percent) as well as first professional degrees (47.3 percent), which include medical, law and dental degrees.

While women are becoming better educated, the problems of lack of equal pay and glass ceilings still remain. (See also this entry from last week: "Today is Equal Pay Day.")