In the US, women make up 57.4 percent of all university attendees. Since 2008, the rate of master's degrees awarded to women has increased by 54 percent. In 2010, the US department of education noted that women now surpass men in "enrollments at higher-education institutions at every degree level." Yet, women only hold about 3 percent of the highest positions in corporate America and are still paid less for the same work – an average of 77 cents to every dollar earned by men. The employment rate for women in the US is just above 60 percent.