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Women Comprise 40 Percent of Computer Science Majors Among Carnegie Mellon’s Incoming First-Year Class
Byron Spiceby Byron Spice | Wednesday, June 4, 2014
PITTSBURGH—Women, who historically have been under-represented among computer science majors nationwide, will make up 40 percent of the incoming class of undergraduates this fall in Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science (SCS).
The school has been a leader in efforts to increase the number of women in the discipline of computer science and its female enrollment has long exceeded national averages. The number of women in this fall’s first-year class nevertheless sets a new benchmark for the school.
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