• The social sciences are the most popular field for non-vocational tertiary education programmes. One in three new students choose a programme in social sciences, business and law.
• Gender equality has been virtually achieved in many fields of study, especially in social sciences and services but significant gender differences persist in computing and engineering (male- dominated) and in health and welfare and education (female-dominated).
• Almost one in four international students in OECD countries follow programmes in the field of business and administration (23%). The proportion of international students from fields oriented to the public function such as education (3%) or health and welfare (9%) is lower on average.

Met als bottom line: “studying a bachelor’s programme in the field of social sciences (and especially in business and administration) seems to be the preferred choice of students in OECD countries. there is still room to improve gender imbalances and to recruit more talented female students to science-related fields. ”

Deze grafiek uit de blogpost van Dirk Van Damme rond dit rapport maakt het nog extra duidelijk:

Ik moest zelf direct denken aan dit recente McKinsey rapport, en het probleem van de mismatch tussen deze keuzes en wat de jobmarkt zoal nodig heeft.