Men are more likely to drop out than women

Men and women students behave differently when they faced a critical decision: borrow more money or drop out?. According to a new paper in the journal Gender & Society authored by Rachel Dwyer, Laura McCloud and Randy Hodson, men are more likely than women to drop out of school rather than take on more loans. Women are more likely to finish their degrees, even if that means graduating with more debt. This may explain part of the trend seen in recent years: women are not only enrolling in college at higher rates than men, they are also more likely to graduate.

Why? Men without college degrees face better job prospects that equivalently educated women, at least in the short term. Thus, the consequences of dropping out are lower for men.

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