The pie charts compare main reasons why one UK university was chosen by students to study in 1987 and 2007. Overall, as the time passed, convenient location became more common reason, while the sports and social activities became less common reason. Notably, suitable degree courses was the main reason for choosing this university in both years.
Looking at figures in 1997 in detail, suitable degree courses represented the largest share, at 35, while convenient location (10%) was the least important reason, for more 21% of students chose the university because of quality of resources, while the category that shared only 15% was quality of teaching. Similarly, reason why 19% of students chose the university was because of its sports and social activities.
Turning to the figures in 2007, the share of suitable degree courses experienced slight increase and was ranked first again. This was followed by convenient location which increased significantly by 12%. Moreover, quality of resources became less important by decreasing marginally to roughly 17%. In stark contrast, quality of teaching became more common reason, rising by 3%. This the figure for its sports and social activities fell substantially to around 6%.