36%
women's share of master's graduates in AI software-related fields at US institutions, 2024; associate's 23%

What the chart shows

Women earned 36% of master’s degrees in AI software-related fields at US institutions in 2024, and 31% of PhDs. Their share is lower at undergraduate level: 27% of bachelor’s and 23% of associate’s graduates.

Men are the majority at every level. They outnumber women by about three to one among bachelor’s graduates (73% to 27%) and by nearly two to one among master’s graduates (64% to 36%).

Key numbers

MeasureValue
Master's, women36%
PhD, women31%
Bachelor's, women27%
Associate's, women23%
Master's, men64%

How to read it

  • Shares of 2024 graduates in AI software-related majors at US institutions (IPEDS), as whole percentages. The data records gender as female or male only.
  • In AI hardware-related fields women’s share is lower at every level: 16% of associate’s, 21% of bachelor’s, 27% of master’s and 24% of PhD graduates (the report’s second panel, not charted separately).
  • The AI Index notes that women earn nearly 60% of all degrees; that comparison is not in this data.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, 2024, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 7.2.2: AI-related postsecondary graduates in the United States by gender, 2024 (AI software–related). Chart and text by AI Adoption.
Numbers checked against the published data on 20 October 2026.
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