The bar chart illustrates the quantity of applications into 4 specific faculties in 1990, 2023 and prediction for 2030.
Overall, the number of applicants aiming for biology and engineering faculty experienced a sharp drop and is expected to decrease significantly in the next 8 years; meanwhile, a obvious rise was seen in the applications for business and social work, which is expected to remain its growth in 2030. It is also clear that engineering used to be the most competitive faculty, but applications for business is projected to be the highest at the end of the time frame.
Looking at the bar graph, there was a drastic fall in the numbers of applications into biology and engineering from 1990 to 2022 and projections for 2030. The figure for biology in 1990 was the second highest among 4 faculties at 3000 applications, which halved to 1500 in 2023. It is also predicted to descend to around 900 applicants in 2030. Similarly, a plummet was recorded in the quantity of applications for engineering faculties, from 4000 applications in 1990 to 2500 in 2023. Despite being the most popular faculties in the beginning of the period, the figure for engineering in 2030 is predicted to be only about 500 applications, which is a fivefold drop compared to the number of applicants in 2023, making engineering the least applied faculties at the end of the timeframe.
By contrast, business and social work faculties saw a progressive growth in their popularity in the examined period. Specifically, business faculty accounted for 2000 applications in 1990, which grew 50% to 3000 applications in 2023. The figure is projected to reach 4000 in 2030, which will be eightfold of that number engineering in the same year. Likewise, the number of applications for social work increased rapidly from 1000 applications in 1990 to nearly 1500 applications in 2023. Social work faculty is supposed to peak at roughly 2000 requests as projections for 2030, exceeding the number of biolody and engineering applications.