Most sciences and science-related disciplines, popularly known as Science, Technology, Engineering
and Mathematics (STEM) and professions are largely oriented towards the male student, staffs and
employees. Females are under-represented at every level of activity both in the study and in the
employment [1]. The purpose of the study is to examine the gender attrition rate differences among
Estate Management students of Universities within South-West, Nigeria being one of the fields within
the STEM range of discipline scope since it has a scientific focus. The enrolment and graduation list of
the students was used to determine the attrition rate of Estate Management student by gender. This is
for a period of five (5) years garnered from three universities in South-West Nigeria namely: Obafemi
Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, University of Lagos, Akoka and Covenant University, Ota. These
Universities fall within the group of universities that have produced reasonable number of graduates
over time, up to ten sets of graduates over the period 2007 and 2016. However, this study will only
consider five sets due to constraints in assessing the needed data. The study applied quantitative data
using descriptive statistics such as tables, percentages and mean. The findings are in correspondence
with what obtains in literature [2] that female student’s attrition is higher in fields that are maledominated.
Since Estate Management is male dominated (as seen from the figures), the attrition rate
of females is more in the universities sampled. A useful recommendation for the study was provide
