Fewer women in Cockrell school since 2024, after last decade’s gains

On the first day of classes every semester, biomedical engineering sophomore Ashlyn Denny walks into a room in which she is one of very few women. “I’m still intimidated walking into my differential equations class, and I don’t see a lot of women, and it’s hard because sometimes I really want a woman professor, and I don’t have that,” Denny said. The number of women in the Cockrell School of Engineering increased each year from 2017 to 2024. However, in the two years since, the gap has widened again. Since 2024, the number of women in the Cockrell School of Engineering has declined 5.97% as of 2026, according to University data. Advertisement “It would be amazing to see that gap closed,” Denny said. “I hope that this next generation can work on that, but unfortunately, I think we are still probably at least a decade or two away from that.” This year, there are 2,528 women in the Cockrell School of Engineering, compared to 5,625 men.

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