Women urged to steer clear of humanities degrees to earn more

A new study has revealed that male university graduates under 25 get 9.4 per cent higher starting salaries than females.

However, after the different fields of undergraduate education studied by young people were taken into account, this gender wage gap narrowed to an average of 4.7 per cent, News.com.au reported.

The study also found that women can earn equal amount of money as their male counterparts if they would steer clear of humanities degrees as it is ranked at the lower end of the salary distribution and consider studying engineering.

Edwina Lindsay, study's principal author said that if females decide to enroll in the stem subjects like science, technology, engineering and mathematics then the aggregate 9.4 percent gap will be reduced for future generations.

The study recommended that female students should be given more information about career choices and should be encouraged to consider traditionally male occupations.