the percentage of women in bs attainment in science and engineering continued to increase over time, but they were likely to find themselves without the female faculty needed for optimal role models. in some disciplines, it was likely that a woman could get a bachelor of science without being taught by a female professor in that discipline; it was also possible for a woman to get a phd in science or engineering without having access to a woman faculty member in her field. there were a drastically disproportionate number of male professors as role models for male students. for example, in 2000, 48.2% of the students graduating with a bs in math were women, but in 2002, only 8.3% of the faculty was female. the percentage of women among full professors ranged from 3% to 15%.