The charts give detailed information about how many percentages of five different reasons chosen by students who wanted to study at a particular UK university were recorded in 1987 and 2007.
Overall, it is clear that there was a dramatic increase in the proportion of reasons for being close to parental home, while the figures for good sports and social activities decreased dramatically. Moreover, it is also worth mentioning that the rest of the reasons showed some fluctuations over the given period.
Looking at the details, in 1987, more students focused on the university’s suitable degree courses and it accounted for nearly one third of all. After 20 years, this percentage rose to 2 percent. The figures for the quality of teaching and the close to parental home made up 15 percent and 10 percent, respectively. The student’s demand for these qualities increased unsignificantly during 20 years. The good sports and social activities and quality of resources accounted for almost a similar percent in 1987, with 20 percent. These two reasons declined to 13 percent and 4 percent during 20 years.