The community college pathway towards an engineering or computer science (ECS) baccalaureate degree has the potential to increase the diversity of the ECS fields. Approximately 15% of two-year college students declare a major in ECS, and the majority of those who transfer are successful at completing their ECS degrees. However, while more women than men transfer from two-year to four-year colleges, male transfers are five times more likely than females to declare an ECS major. This paper focuses on a descriptive study of the transfer success of women from 10 years of first-time-in-college cohorts who declared an ECS major in Texas, analyzing enrollments, transfers, persistence, and baccalaureate completion rates of women in public two-year and four-year colleges.
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