Study Says Your Uni Degree Can Predict If You’ll Get Married
Who knew your degree could also dictate your love life?
The Resolution Foundation conducted a study where they looked into whether the degree you choose could affect your marriage opportunities.
When you're in Uni you obviously interact with peers that mostly study the same degree as you. Especially since most Aussie students don't live on campus and most degrees/departments have separate buildings, that's why this research claims that what degree you pursue could affect whether you'll meet your potential partner or not.
In the last few decades, more and more women have been enrolling in university, where now the 6 in 10 uni students are women. There are some degrees like veterinary sciences, psychology and teaching that are more predominantly studied by women, and degrees such as engineering, computing and mathematics that are predominately studied by men. Basically, the sex ratio of your degree is the most important deciding factor.
How does the sex ratio of uni degrees affect your love life?
This study claims, that when the degree has a sex ratio in favour of women it reduces the chance for women to meet their significant other, at least at uni. Whereas, if the degree's sex ratio is more male dominant, they are more likely to get married.
Interestingly, men in male-dominated degrees are more likely to meet someone outside the peer group at university while women tend to search for a partner within the field or at least within the university environment more generally. Odds are not in woman's favour,- surprise, surprise!
Additionally, the study also claims that students who pick certain degrees are based on their characteristics could also play a role in how your odds play out in your love life.
How do you know if your degree will predict your marriage prospects?
Look even though there are some interesting insights in this study that can help you improve your dating life, I would take this data with a grain of salt.
There are heaps of variables that are not accounted for - like the impact on online dating, the data strictly based on cis and straight students and doesn’t take account of dating/marriage patterns amongst LGBTQI+ couples.
Apart from your marriage prospects, the degree you pick can affect how likely are you to find a job right after you graduate and the uni you pick can determine how good your student life would be!