Table 6. Among Mathematically Talented Students Entering College Expecting to Major in Math/Sciences, the Completed College Majors (Percentages by Sex).

Field	Men	Women	Effect size
Math/science
Engineering	40.9	17.4	0.54
Biological science	9.5	18.9	‒0.26
Mathematics	9.3	10.9	‒0.07
Computer science	8.0	6.6	0.04
Chemistry	5.0	5.1	‒0.01
Physical science	7.0	0.9	0.34
Medical science	1.8	11.4	‒0.39
Agricultural science	0.5	1.7	‒0.17
Earth science	1.2	1.1	0.01
Total	83.3%	74.0%	0.22
Non-math/non-science
Business/economics	8.6	11.7	‒0.10
Social science	3.8	4.9	‒0.05
English	1.2	2.3	‒0.08
Arts	0.3	1.7	‒0.22
Philosophy/religion	0.8	0.6	0.04
Languages	0.1	1.7	‒0.26
History	0.4	0.6	‒0.04
Communications	0.3	0.3	0.00
Education	0.1	0.9	‒0.16
Environmental design	0.1	0.3	‒0.04
General studies	0.3	0.0	0.06
Other	0.8	1.1	‒0.05
Total	16.7%	26.0%	‒0.22

Note. From Webb, Lubinski, & Benbow (2005).