This week we take a look at the share of university degrees going to women. Our data begins in the 1869-1870 school year when 1378 women got a Bachelor's degree , and none got either a Master's or a Doctor's degree. Things may look a bit bleak, but it must be taken into account that the numbers for men were 7,993, zero, and 1 respectively. While the numbers for women were low at the time, they began to steadily increase over the years and for the 1939-1940 school year, 76,954 got a Bachelor's, 10,223 got a Master's and 429 got a Doctor's degree. Unfortunately, there is no data available for the years the United States participated in World War II . However, we can compare the number of degrees awarded in 1940 and 1950 to see the difference in both the numbers and the genders of the recipients. In 1940, a total of 186,500 bachelor's degrees were given, with 109,546 going to men and 76,954 going to women. In 1950, the number of bachelor'