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Women were awarded more PhDs in the US than men last year

Graduating student Jennifer Lim sits in the shade before the start of the 361st Commencement Exercises at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts May 24, 2012.   REUTERS/Brian Snyder    (UNITED STATES - Tags: EDUCATION) - GM1E85P08GE01

Men still earned the majority of PhDs in most STEM subjects Image: REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Kate Whiting
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 More women than men earned PhDs in the US in 2017.
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 The gender pay gap in the US is slowly closing.
Image: Institute for Women’s Policy Research
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