BUSINESS GRADUATES IN PROFESSIONAL JOBS EARN £5,886 MORE ON AVERAGE THAN THOSE IN NON-PROFESSIONAL JOBS A MATTER OF COURSE Why should you choose to study business? Here are a few facts you probably didn't know 16% OF MEN SAY THEY WANT TO START THEIR OWN BUSINESS COMPARED WITH 12% OF WOMEN. 58% OF WOMEN CITE FEAR OF FAILURE AS THEIR REASON NOT TO LAUNCH, COMPARED WITH 50% OF MEN 134 THE AVERAGE PROPORTION OF FEMALE MBA STUDENTS AT THE FINANCIAL TIME 'S RANKED SCHOOLS. THE PROPORTION OF FEMALE MBA APPLICANTS WORLDWIDE HAS BEEN STUCK AT AN AVERAGE OF 38% FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS FEMALE GRADUATES EARN £250,000 MORE ON AVERAGE OVER THEIR CAREERS THAN FEMALE NONGRADUATES; MALE GRADUATES EARN £165,000 MORE WORDS: JADE HARDING | ILLUSTRATIONS: SHUTTERSTOCK 35%