Reprinted from the blog for the Best Online Colleges with the express permission of Tim Handorf. The opinions expressed herein are those of the author, and not necessarily those of The New Agenda.

The U.S. higher education system has made tremendous strides toward achieving gender equality, but there are still several areas in which women exceed or fall short of their male counterpart. Historically, women have dominated majors like education, English and psychology, while men were more likely to study engineering, computer science or math. Although this may ring true at …