ACT - Intended Majors and Career Interests

January 15, 2018 | Author: Anonymous | Category: Math, Statistics And Probability, Statistics
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Intended Majors and Career Interests: Men and Women Really Are from Different Planets Debra FitzGerald Senior Consultant, Client Outreach ACT Midwest Region Tim Osborn Senior Consultant, Program Solutions ACT Midwest Region

Expressed and Measured Interests • •



With respect to intended majors and careers, ACT collects two types of information: Expressed Interests: – When students register for the ACT they are asked to specify an intended major (from a choice of 295) and an occupational choice (from the same list of 295).

Measured Interests: – When students register for the ACT they are asked to complete a 72 item Interest Inventory that diagnoses their career interest and places the student’s interests on the ACT World of Work Map.

Goals of the Presentation •



During the presentation we will look at differences in expressed and measured major and career interests between men and women We will also look at how the gender differences correlate to student preferences for 4-year public and 4-year private institutions

Intended Majors by Male/Female Ratio and ACT Composite Score Bands •

The first table shows majors where male and female interest is strongest - Red: females more than 50% more likely to have this intended major - Green: males more than 50% more likely to have this intended major



For convenience of reporting, the 295 individual majors are “rolled up” into 18 groupings of similar majors

Planned Major Agriculture & Natural Res Conservation Architecture Area, Ethnic, & Multidisciplinary Studies Arts: Visual & Performing Business Communications Community, Family, & Personal Services Computer Science & Mathematics Education Engineering Engineering Technology & Drafting English & Foreign Languages Health Administration & Assisting Health Scences & Technologies Philosophy, Religion, & Theology Repair, Production, & Construction Sciences: Biological & Physical Social Sciences & Law Undecided

1-15 0.39 0.27 0.75 0.98 0.63 0.77 1.48 0.25 1.69 0.09 0.09 1.57 4.11 3.48 0.63 0.04 1.39 1.55 0.78

ACT Composite Score Range 16-19 20-23 24-27 28-32 0.40 0.53 0.79 1.14 0.29 0.38 0.59 0.82 1.02 0.99 1.27 1.40 1.12 1.28 1.40 1.50 0.61 0.57 0.57 0.61 1.03 1.42 1.83 2.19 1.18 1.10 1.27 1.70 0.18 0.18 0.20 0.28 1.88 2.27 2.67 2.91 0.09 0.12 0.18 0.28 0.09 0.10 0.13 0.17 2.00 2.26 2.60 2.93 3.26 2.32 1.75 1.27 2.73 2.30 1.99 1.69 0.59 0.56 0.59 0.56 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.12 1.20 1.14 1.14 1.12 1.49 1.52 1.51 1.45 0.74 0.80 0.92 1.08

33-36 1.60 1.43 1.40 1.57 0.71 2.05 3.34 0.43 3.78 0.45 0.26 2.88 0.83 1.49 0.49 0.12 1.17 1.41 1.21

Intended Major by Female/Male Ratio and ACT Composite Score Band

Intended Majors by Frequency •

The next two tables show intended majors by frequency and ACT Composite Score bands – The percents are the comparative frequency within each score band (total N = 1,540,876)



The second table also shows majors where male and female interest is strongest – Light Red: females more than 50% more likely to have this intended major – Light Green: males more than 50% more likely to have this intended major

Red: >9% Green:
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