The graphs provide information regarding the number of Australian students and foreign students that enrolled in Australian universities from the year 2000 to 2010. Overall, the total number of overseas students has dramatically grown in the decade under analysis while the figures for local students steadily grew during most of the decade but then it remained stable.
The number of students commencing university have had a direct impact in the total numbers. For overseas students, the numbers doubled in the first half of the decade from approximately 10000 students in the year 2000 to 20000 in 2006. After that, the numbers doubled again by the year 2009 reaching a peak of 40000 overseas students commencing their studies. At the end of the decade the trend remained stable.
For local students, there has been a fluctuation in the figures. While there was a peak in the year 2002 with more than 200000 students commencing university, after that there was a slightly downward trend that fluctuated below 200000. Since
The graphs provide information regarding the
number
of Australian
students
and foreign
students
that enrolled in Australian universities from the
year
2000 to 2010.
Overall
, the total
number
of overseas
students
has
dramatically
grown in the decade under analysis while the figures for local
students
steadily
grew during most of the decade
but
then it remained stable.
The
number
of
students
commencing university have had a direct impact in the total
numbers
. For overseas
students
, the
numbers
doubled in the
first
half of the decade from approximately 10000
students
in the
year
2000 to 20000 in 2006. After that, the
numbers
doubled again by the
year
2009 reaching a peak of 40000 overseas
students
commencing their studies. At the
end
of the decade the trend remained stable.
For local
students
, there has been a fluctuation in the figures. While there was a peak in the
year
2002 with more than 200000
students
commencing university, after that there was a
slightly
downward trend that fluctuated below 200000. Since