> we find 5% of top-tier schools' CS grads are women while 20% of mid-tier schools' CS grads are I agree with the sentiment, but isn't the situation exactly th

> we find 5% of top-tier schools' CS grads are women while 20% of mid-tier schools' CS grads are I agree with the sentiment, but isn't the situation exactly the opposite of that? Top-tier schools work to balance gender distributions, and many of them succeed well above industry averages. Other schools spend less effort, and get predictably thinner results. Compare, say, RPI and MIT. (I know RPI is uncommonly skewed, but I wanted to compare tech schools to one another. Otherwise specific stats are swamped by the ratio of tech to non-tech majors.) - RPI, overall: 32% female - MIT, overall: 46% female - RPI, computer science: 16% female - MIT, computer science, 32% female As I understood the stats, a company that pulls students at the same rate as their candidate schools will see worse gender diversity as they broaden their pool. (Among CS programs at 4 year US colleges; outside that I don't know.)