Italy: degree courses among high school graduates by gender 2021

In a survey conducted in 2021, economy, medicine, and other health-related studies were the preferred university degrees among Italian high school graduates. However, there were some relevant gender differences. For instance, engineering was chosen by 24.8 percent of male students, while only five percent of females students wished to study engineering.

Preferred degree courses among students graduated from upper secondary school in Italy in 2021, by gender

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Release date

October 2021

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Region

Italy

Survey time period

2021

Number of respondents

37,051*

Special properties

High school graduates from 2021

Method of interview

Questionnaire

Supplementary notes

Upper secondary school graduates willing to study at the university (73.7% of the respondents)
Data were acquired in two ways: 1. students took part to a survey answering a questionnaire, 2. school documents were consulted in order to gain information about gender, age, grades, citizenship, school credit, and type of diploma.
*about 50 percent answered.

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