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All Girls Advantage

The Power of an All-Girls Education

Josephinum Academy has known since 1890 what research studies 135 years later are finding: intentionally designed all girls’ school environments are uniquely positioned to meet girls where they are and equip them with the tools, support, and relationships they need to thrive.

In addition, the sisterhood formed, particularly at The Jo, is something girls carry with them throughout their life. Check out some of the other benefits associated with all girls’ schools.

 

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The majority – 60% – of girls' school grads report higher self-confidence over their coed peers (54%). Compared to coed peers, girls' school grads are 3 times more likely to consider engineering careers

—Dr. Linda Sax, UCLA, Women Graduates of Single-Sex and Coeducational High Schools: Differences in their Characteristics and the Transition to College

All-Girls School Graduates:

  • Have stronger academic skill
  • Are more academically engaged
  • Demonstrate higher science self-confidence
  • Display higher levels of cultural competency
  • Express stronger community involvement
  • Exhibit increased political engagement

—National Coalition of Girls’ Schools

STEM

Girls' school grads are 6 times more likely to consider majoring in math, science, and technology compared to girls who attended coed schools.

—Dr. Richard A. Holmgren, Allegheny College, Steeped in Learning: The Student Experience at All-Girls Schools

Girls' school students are more likely than their female peers at coed schools to experience an environment that welcomes an open and safe exchange of ideas. Nearly 87% of girls' school students feel their opinions are respected at their school (compared to 58% of girls at coed schools).

— Goodman Research Group, The Girls' School Experience: A Survey of Young Alumnae of Single-Sex Schools

An estimated less than 1% of girls in the United States attend girls' schools, yet an impressive 20% of the women currently serving in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives graduated from an all-girls school. While only 23% of the current U.S. Senators serving are female, 13% of those women graduated from girls' schools. Even fewer women—only 19%—currently make up the U.S. House of Representatives, yet an overwhelming 22% graduated from girls' schools.

— National Coalition of Girls' Schools

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