of  students    are  majoring  in    computer  science.  

1%  

0.3%  of  those  are  girls.    

Top  4  areas  of    interest  for  girls  in  STEM  currently:            1.  Healthcare          2.  Art/design          3.  Entertainment          4.  Social  sciences    

Top  4  areas  of  career    growth  and  jobs  by  2018:        1.  CompuHng  (71%)      2.  Engineering  (16%)      3.  Phy.  Sciences  (7%)      4.  Life  Sciences    (4%)            

of    the  current  11%    

workforce  in  the  U.S.  have  a  STEM  degree.    

U.S.  Workforce   U.S.  STEM  Workforce  

24%    STEM  workforce  in    the  U.S.  are  women.    

of  the    current  

13%  of  girls  ages  14-­‐17    

say  a  STEM  career  is  their  first    choice.  

  57%  of  girls  ages  14-­‐17    

believe  they’d  have  to  work  harder  to  be  taken  seriously  

in  a  STEM  career.  

 

57%  of          students        will  lose        interest  

by  the  Hme    they      graduate  from    

high  school.    

28%  of  freshmen  declare  interest  in  STEM,  but…  

Ready  to  help?    Help  us  get  more  girls  excited  about  STEM  by  supporHng    The  #STEM  Princess  Project  on  Kickstarter!    h_p://kck.st/16De3lT  

References  1. UCLA’s  Higher  Educa5on  Research  Ins5tute,  2012  CIRP  

Freshman  Survey.  2.  The  Girl  Scout  Research  Ins5tute.  3.  STEMConnector  and  My  College  Op5ons  report.  4.  She  Geeks  Women  and  Girls  in  STEM  infographic.  5. U.S.  Chamber  of  Commerce  Report,  via  NPR  8/16/13,  

“The  STEM  Gender  Gap.”  6. U.S.  Department  of  Commerce,  “The  State  of  the  

Union’s  21st  Century  Workforce.”  

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