WELL, HIGHER EDUCATION IS MORE FEMALE-FRIENDLY: Women Give Higher Ed Better Grades Than Do Men. “Half of all women who have graduated from a four-year college give the higher education system excellent or good marks for the value provided by the money spent by students and their families. But only 37 percent of male graduates agree.” If the genders were reversed, this would indicate a serious problem that must be addressed immediately. But as things are, it’s no doubt indicative of some deficiency among male students.