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Women become the majority in Italian higher education

By: We the Italians Editorial Staff

Italy is quietly becoming a country of college graduates – especially female graduates. Each year about six out of every ten university degree recipients are women, and when we look at master’s-level education the figure climbs to around seven out of ten.

The shift in educational attainment has been underway for decades: roughly 35 years ago girls began overtaking boys in high-school diploma attainment, and for the past fifteen years the trend has held steady.

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