The graphs show the overall number of university students studied in the United Kingdom from 1991 to 2001, as well as the economic family history and government funding for all students over a ten-year period.
Overall, there were more university students in the UK during the time, they got somewhat less government funding, with a sudden subsidy reduction between 1993 and 1995. In 1991, the majority of students in the United Kingdom hailed from middle-class backgrounds.
In 1991, about one million people were seeking a college degree in the UK, out of the overall number of juniors in the UK. This number then increased slightly by 400, 000 in 1993, with a small rise to about 1. 6 million in 1995 and 1. 65 million in 1997 before peaking at 2. 1 million in the following two years. By 2001, the figure had dropped to a mere 2 million. In comparison, the government's pupil grants fell from more than 6, 500 pounds in the first surveyed year to about 4, 900 pounds in 1995, indicating a reversal of the pattern. Since then, each graduate has received an annual payment of 4, 800 pounds until 2001.
In 1991, the percentage of undergraduates belonging to the middle-income class was 62 percent, almost eight times that of those residing in low-income households and double that of those from wealthier families.
The graphs
show
the
overall
number of university
students
studied in the United Kingdom from 1991 to 2001,
as well
as the economic family history and
government
funding for all
students
over a ten-year period.
Overall
, there were more university
students
in the UK during the time, they
got
somewhat less
government
funding, with a sudden subsidy reduction between 1993 and 1995. In 1991, the majority of
students
in the United Kingdom hailed from middle-
class
backgrounds.
In 1991, about one
million
people
were seeking a college degree in the UK, out of the
overall
number of juniors in the UK. This number then increased
slightly
by 400, 000 in 1993, with a
small
rise to about 1. 6
million
in 1995 and 1. 65
million
in 1997
before
peaking at 2. 1
million
in the following two years. By 2001, the figure had dropped to a mere 2
million
.
In comparison
, the
government
's pupil grants fell from more than 6,
500 pounds
in the
first
surveyed year to about 4,
900 pounds
in 1995, indicating a reversal of the pattern. Since then, each graduate has received an annual payment of 4,
800 pounds
until 2001.
In 1991, the percentage of undergraduates belonging to the middle-income
class
was 62 percent, almost eight times that of those residing in low-income households and double that of those from wealthier families.