I have a BSci in Computer Sciences from UNC-Greensboro and a MSci in Computer Science from the University of Idaho. And I have two daughters… When I attended UNCG, I remember thinking about how few women there were in the CS program and recently I began wondering how that may have changed over the years. So I went digging through the National Center for Education Statistics Digest of Education Statistics from 2010 - 2016 (tables 322.40 and 322.50).

The number of CS degrees earned is going up year by year, but there is a sharp difference between the number of degrees awarded to women vs. men. How is the ratio changing year by year?

The overall trend appears to be positive, however, do not be misled by the large size of the bars: the percent difference from the top of the graph to the bottom is only 1.25%! So, perhaps the ratio of women to men is changing, but if it is, there is a long way to go from 18%.

Part of what prodded me into looking at this is the article Computer Science is fastest growing subject for Undergraduates which references the European Higher Education Student Statistics report from 2016/17.

All of my data can be found in this spreadsheet.

But the quick summary is that Europe is basically the same.

Europe
Year	Women		Men		Total
2012/13	15,530	17.36%	73,945	82.64%	89,475
2013/14	15,645	17.09%	75,910	82.91%	91,555
2014/15	16,040	17.21%	77,170	82.79%	93,210
2015/16	16,505	17.15%	79,735	82.85%	96,240
2016/17	17,390	17.20%	83,710	82.80%	101,100
United States
2010/11	7,594	17.63%	35,478	82.37%	43,072
2011/12	8,611	18.17%	38,773	81.83%	47,384
2012/13	9,087	17.83%	41,874	82.17%	50,961
2013/14	9,951	18.00%	45,320	82.00%	55,271
2014/15	10,741	18.03%	48,840	81.97%	59,581
2015/16	12,072	18.74%	52,333	81.26%	64,405

One note: the data are not quite the same. The European data tracks enrollment in CS programs whereas the US data tracks degrees conferred.