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The variety of study options increases from semester to semester. In the past five years alone, more than 2,500 courses have been added at universities. Only about a quarter of these follow traditional names, such as "Mechanical Engineering." More than 30 percent of the new courses have English names, many of them with keywords like "Business" and "Sustainability."

To keep track of this multitude of academic opportunities, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) compiles all degree programs in a database. The RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND) has made the data accessible through a search and analyzed the specific features.

The different study choices of women and men are one of the reasons for later wage disparities. Among the fields of study with the highest proportion of men, many offer the potential for high incomes. Among the fields with a high proportion of women, there are many with average salaries, such as nutritional sciences, art history, and social work.

Especially in professions that are predominantly occupied by one or the other gender, companies have problems finding enough skilled workers, for example in male-dominated engineering, but also in female-dominated subjects such as teaching and nursing.

Even without the shortage of skilled workers, it would certainly be desirable in many areas to have a better mix of professions. In primary schools, for example, teachers are almost exclusively female—with a corresponding shortage of male mentors.