A paper linked in the comments there suggests that dropout rates aren't relatively super high for STEM [0] >Attrition rates in non-STEM fields were as high as

A paper linked in the comments there suggests that dropout rates aren't relatively super high for STEM [0] >Attrition rates in non-STEM fields were as high as or higher than those in STEM fields. At the bachelor’s degree level, students in humanities, education, and health sciences had higher attrition rates (56−62 percent) than did those in STEM fields (48 percent), and students in business and social/behavioral sciences had comparable attrition rates (50 and 45 percent, respectively) as did students in STEM fields. A closer look at how students left their fields reveals that proportionally more students in education (42 percent) and health sciences (35 percent) switched majors than did students in STEM fields (28 percent). It goes against the trope of "STEM is just super hard and I'm smart because I made it through." [0] https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2014/2014001rev.pdf https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2014/2014001rev.pdf