The two bar charts illustrate the percentage of students – male and female – who selected different science subjects in a university in 1992 and 2012. Overall, the proportion of male students was higher than females in both years. In terms of subjects, biology was the most preferred subject in both years.
Regarding genders, in 1992, the proportion of male students was higher than that of females at 65%, while females made up just 30%. By 2012, the figures for males stood at 50%, while females accounted for 45%, which was significantly higher than in 1992.
Looking at favorable science subjects, biology was the most common with 65% in 1992. Notably, the second most popular subject was physics at roughly 22%. The smallest percentage was observed in computer science with approximately 4%. As for 2012, biology represented 42%, followed by computer science and physics at 22% and 20% respectively.
