As bdfh42 noted, the unemployment rate is currently higher for men than for women (in both the UK and the US). While that fact merely correlates with the CS gra

As bdfh42 noted, the unemployment rate is currently higher for men than for women (in both the UK and the US). While that fact merely correlates with the CS grad employment rate, the two trends may share a cause: per-employee cost. A common argument is that, in a recessive economy, women maintain a higher employment employment rate because they tend to make considerably less than men, given the same position and experience, therefore incurring less of a cost to their employers. Similarly, CS (and other technical degrees), have a considerably higher minimum expected cost - I'd guess the salary of a junior dev to still be around 50K US. Most of the successful grads mentioned seem to have gone into teaching or entry level jobs in the medical / financial fields, for which fresh grads don't necessarily make as much. The exceptions would be the doctors and lawyers, but they benefit from artificially created scarcity due to the professional school admissions process.