Data released by UCAS earlier this month shows that among students who started degree courses last autumn women outnumbered men in 112 out of 180 subjects.
Men were ahead in 65 subjects and there were equal numbers of men and women in three subjects.
Overall, nearly 67,000 more women than men were accepted for degree courses last year.
An earlier UCAS report (published in December) showed that the gender gap has widened to a record level, with UK women now 35 per cent more likely to go to university than men.
The biggest gender gap is in nursing, where there are more than 22,000 more women students than men. The next largest gender divides are psychology, social work, education and design.
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