I'm just copying this from another comment I made ages ago, but it has more likes (some of which might be redundant in your comment or others, so apologies for that):
According to NPSAS, in the 2003-2004 academic year 59 percent of undergraduate private scholarship aid recipients were women and only 41 percent were men. In the Institute survey, 52 percent of respondents answered the question asking for the number of award recipients by gender. This group reported that 63 percent of recipients were women. This is not surprising given that the majority of students in postsecondary education are women. 6.5% of undergraduate men and 6.8% of women received private grants, with the average award to male students being over $200 more than the average award to female students.