There are few women in computer science, despite the fact that
the computer science field boasts an array of rewarding
employment opportunities. According to an article in the New
York Times titled “Why So Few Women in Silicon Valley?” women
now outnumber men in elite colleges, medical schools, law
schools, and the overall workforce. Nevertheless, the gender gap
continues to persist in computer science and information
technology. Some interesting findings pertaining to women in
information technology were published in the 2007 National
Center for Women & Information Scorecard (NCWIT). According to
the report, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
tracked the number of bachelor’s degrees awarded in computer
science since the 1960s and found that the number of bachelor’s
degrees in computer science that were awarded to women between
1985 and 2004 dropped from 37 percent to 25 percent.
Furthermore, the NCWIT reports that women currently hold 56
percent of professional positions in the US workforce