WASHINGTON, Dec. 3, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:
FIRST COED COLLEGE
Profile America — Saturday, December 3rd. Colleges and universities with both male and female students are the norm today. But in 1833, only a few women went to college and the idea of coed classes was a social innovation. On this date that year, Oberlin College in Ohio opened its doors to both sexes. That first year, the school had 44 students — 29 men and 15 women. Now, Oberlin has a student body of some 2,900 students and boasts one of the most comprehensive libraries of any college in the nation. For many decades, more males attended college than females. Today, nearly 55 percent of all students in higher education are women — over 10.5 million, compared with just 8.6 million men. Oberlin's student body today closely matches the national picture. You can find more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau online at www.census.gov.
Sources:
Oberlin history/accessed 9/30/2016: http://oberlin.edu/175/timeline.html
Male & Female enrollment/ t. 1 All Races: http://www.census.gov/hhes/school/data/cps/2014/tables.html
Oberlin enrollment/accessed 9/30/2016: https://www.petersons.com/college-search/oberlin-college-000_10000575.aspx#/sweeps-modal
Profile America is produced by the Center for New Media and Promotion of the U.S. Census Bureau. Statistics and accounts drawn from cited non-Census sources are employed for illustrative or narrative purposes, and are not attested to by the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look for "Audio" in the "Library" pull-down menu).
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SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau
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