The graphs illustrate the total and commencing number of students (foreign and domestic) studying in Australian universities in the year 2001-2010.
Overall, there are significant differences in the pattern of the graphs. The total and commencing number of students enrolled in higher educations were increasing over the ten years compared to the local students.
The number of overseas students has spiked steadily over the given period, which started at 20, 000 and ended over 80, 000 students. Eventhough the number of commencing foreign students showed an upward trend too, the increment value were not as constant as the former. It initiated at around 12, 000 in 2001 and rose until 60, 000 students in 2009 before the end of the period.
In regards to the local students, the total number of enrolments started with a higher numbers compared to the foreign students which is 400, 000. It then gradually climbed to 600, 000 in the year 2007, before it began to stable until 2010. The commencing students' figures had a spike about 40, 000 in the first two years before fluctuating less than 10% in each year up till the year 2010.
The graphs illustrate the total and
commencing
number
of
students
(foreign and domestic) studying in Australian universities in the
year
2001-2010.
Overall
, there are significant differences in the pattern of the graphs. The total and
commencing
number
of
students
enrolled in higher educations were increasing over the ten years compared to the local students.
The
number
of overseas
students
has spiked
steadily
over the
given
period, which
started
at 20, 000 and ended over 80, 000
students
.
Eventhough
the
number
of
commencing
foreign
students
showed
an upward trend too, the increment value were not as constant as the former. It initiated at around 12, 000 in 2001 and rose until 60, 000
students
in 2009
before
the
end
of the period.
In regards to
the local
students
, the total
number
of
enrolments
started
with a higher
numbers
compared to the foreign
students
which is 400, 000. It then
gradually
climbed to 600, 000 in the
year
2007,
before
it began to stable until 2010. The
commencing
students' figures had a spike about 40, 000 in the
first
two years
before
fluctuating less than 10% in each
year
up till the
year
2010.