The bar chart compares the number of male and female students enrolled in six different science subjects—physics, astronomy, geology, biology, medicine, and veterinary medicine—at a particular university in the UK in 2009.
Overall, it is apparent that both genders predominantly chose biology as their field of study. While physics was the least preferred subject for women, veterinary medicine attracted only a small number of male students, ranking last in their preferences.It is also important to note that males were far greater in number in all the mentioned subjects.
Looking further in detail, biology was the predominant type of study for both genders, attracting nearly 250 male and more than 200 female students. Physics and medicine had a similar number of male students, approximately 200. While medicine maintained its popularity among women, with approximately 180 students in the courses, physics failed to attract them and was ranked as the least preferred subject, with fewer than 50 female students enrolling in this course.
Similarly, astronomy and geology were chosen by a similar number of male students (around 150), whereas these subjects were not as popular among the opposite gender. The veterinary medicine course, on the other hand, had more than 100 female research students, even though it only managed to attract around 80 male students, making it their least preferred subject among all categories.