This paper presents the dynamics of gender inequalities at Polish universities in the years 2004–2021. Instead of the usual shares of women among all university graduates and employees, I analyse the degrees and titles awarded in this period. The gender imbalance among university graduates persists, with women obtaining twice as many master's degrees as men. Among the new doctors, a small surplus of women appeared. The shares of women in habilitations and titles of professors substantially increased. The shares of women in engineering and technical sciences increased at all levels. Both among graduates and among scientists, the gender composition tends towards equality where women have been less numerous so far. However, a similar trend has not occurred where men obtained a minority of degrees and titles.

The annual rankings of universities, in a sense, organize information about the higher education system, but they are created with current analyzes in mind, including decision-making by candidates for studies. The coexistence of a nationwide system for monitoring the economic fate of graduates prompts us to compare the results of the selected ranking with the fate of graduates. The article uses data on the ranking results divided into public and private universities and data from the above-mentioned monitoring system. The aim of the work was to check whether the candidates' choice of universities with top rankings provides grounds for predicting a better situation on the labor market than in the case of choosing another university five years after obtaining a diploma. It was indicated that in the case of public universities, the ranking is a good predictor in this respect. In the case of non-public universities, the analyzes did not indicate a significantly better situation for graduates at the top of the ranking than graduates of other universities.