Who earns academic degrees? How do women and men compare in the pursuit of academic degrees? The table below presents counts (in thousands)

from the Statistical Abstract on degrees earned in 2005 categorized by the level of the degree and the gender of the recipient.

Bachelor’s Master’s Professional Doctorate Female 826 341 43 26 Male 613 234 44 27 Total 1439 575 87 53

(a) How many people earned bachelor’s degrees?

(b) What percentage of each level of degree is earned by women? Write a brief description of what the data show about the relationship between gender and degree level.