The two pie charts compare percentages of American university students in the United States who were proficient in languages other than English over the 10-year-period, specifically in 2005 and 2015.
Overall, it is evident that the percentages of students speaking no additional languages decreased significantly, while Spanish witnessed the biggest increase nearly doubling, and French rose slightly. The figure of only German speakers remained the same at 5%.
In 2005, 45% of students did not speak any additional languages, but the figure decreased to 30% in 2015. Spanish speakers saw the largest growth, rising from 18% to 29%. Meanwhile, the proportion of students who spoke only French increased slightly from 8% to 10%, and those who spoke only German remained stable at 5%. The ‘another language’ category rose from 10% in 2005 to 14% in 2015. In contrast, the percentage of students who spoke two additional languages declined slightly, from 14% to 12% over the period.
