[patagurbon]

> are women just poorer?

Within living memory absolutely 100%.

[Levitz]

College-aged women are poorer than college-aged men?

Wealthier families have male children at such a disparate rate that they warp the statistics or something?

[IAmBroom]

College-aged men and women are typically employed, pay taxes, and there is a well-known salary difference between those two groups.