Why do there seem to be more female college students than male college students in today's America?

This is already being looked into The US Commission of Civil Rights is currently investigating nineteen undisclosed American colleges for allegedly implementing affirmative action-like programs to boost male admission.

Vassar College accepted 20 percent of the women who applied last year (nearly two thirds of the applicant pool were women) while it accepted 35 percent of men who applied.

Pomona College accepted 13 percent of its female applicants but nearly 21 percent of its male applicants. A 2007 analysis by the US World News and Report found that admissions rates for women were on average 13 percentage points lower than for men’s.

Data and statistics may not tell the full story; it is possible these men were more qualified candidates. But it’s also possible being a male is an inherent advantage when applying to college.

Henry Broaddus, the Dean of Admissions at William and Mary College, believes that gender balance is important, stating: “I stand by the assertion that institutions that market themselves as co-ed, and believe that the pedagogical experiences they provide rely in part on a co-ed student body, have a legitimate interest in enrolling a class that is not disproportionately male or female.

”Colleges want to continue to appeal to female applicants and this often means having a more equal ratio between the sexes. This creates a personal moral dilemma. I certainly don’t want to receive the dreaded thin envelope from a university, while a less-qualified boy is accepted. At the same time, I want a co-ed college experience, filled with interactions with both sexes.

There seems to be an answer to the question of gender inequality in college admissions: the need for more qualified boys. But that in and of itself isn’t really the solution. The solution is how to mold more academically driven male students. Boys in high school need to end a culture of poor study habits, where being smart and receiving good grades is uncool, they are seen as "nerds".

Girls are more supportive of each other’s academic endeavors and it’s possible this plays a role in their success. Girls also tend to be more organized than boys and this influences their ability to stay on top of assignments. What is needed is more academically driven and organized boys so that girls’ success is not at the expense of the boys.

But like you said, half your biochem course was women. So for every waster studying liberal arts, there's another one studying something useful that'll actually get them a job at the end of the day. Same with men. I don't think gender has much to do with what people study at university. Hmm, I think that might just be your country. Certainly here, 70% of science graduates are women,60% of medicine graduates are women, maths is 50%. Whereas English literature is mostly men, as is Drama.

I think its because there isn't a lot of women colleges in other countries so they come here to learn. I know a lot women from asia that are studying here.

In a word, motivation.

People attend college because they WANT to. Right now more women than men want to.

Because more women that men are applying for college.

Affirmative action policies. Very outdated.

because colleges are sexist pigs.