Text table 3-8. Students who reached at least the threshold of the engineering curriculum in 4-year colleges, by gender, progress in engineering, and selected high school background characteristics: 1982–1993 cohort
Gender		Progress in Engineering
		Completed only threshold courses in engineering		Took engineering courses beyone threshold but left engineering		Completed bachelor's in engineering, architecture, or engineering technologies
Academic career history (row percentages)1
Men		18.3		20.0		61.6
Women		22.7		35.4		41.9
Percent who had planned to major in engineering when in high school:
Men		64.22		60.52		72.8
Women		59.82		56.02		53.8
Percent who had completed calculus in high school
Men		20.2		21.22		25.7
Women		60.4		Low N 2		36.3
1 Because of rounding, rows may not add to 100 percent.
2 Male/female comparisons are not statistically significant.
NOTES: Universe: All students who reached at least the threshold of the engineering curriculum in 4-year colleges. Weighted N = 149,841. Degree completion covers engineering, architecture, and engineering technologies.
SOURCE: NCES, High School and Beyond/Sophomore Cohort, 1982–1993 Cohort
Women, Minorities, and Persons With Disabilities in Science and Engineering: 1998