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1.6 M More Women Enroll, Deepening Partner Gap, Savings Crisis

7/29/2026

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NBER study finds 1.6 million more women than men enrolling in U.S. colleges.
This shift leads college-educated women to pair with high-earning non-college men, while non-college women face few partners and over half may stay single.
Morgan Stanley reports women live five years longer but retire with about 39 percent less savings, signaling a retirement crisis.

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Story summary

NBER study finds 1.6 million more women than men enrolling in U.S. colleges.
This shift leads college-educated women to pair with high-earning non-college men, while non-college women face few partners and over half may stay single.
Morgan Stanley reports women live five years longer but retire with about 39 percent less savings, signaling a retirement crisis.