The pie charts show changes in the share of graduates with various qualifications working in an unspecified engineering company between 1980 and 2008. Overall, while first degrees—art, science, and master—art showed decreases, albeit to varying degrees, the reverse was true for PhD—science and art, with the exception of master—science, where it remained unchanged. It is also clear that a master’s degree in science stood out among other qualifications with constantly higher figures in each year.
Focusing on the bigger figures first, 29% of students graduated in science for PhDs in 1980, with this being the largest percentage on the chart. It also remained intact in 2008. When it comes to initial science degrees, the figure for first degree—science was 12% in 2008, fell from 20% in 1980. However, the figure for science in a PhD degree stood at 25% in 1980, a figure that then increased noticeably by 5% in 2008.
As for the art degrees, they had relatively smaller proportions. PhD art was just 2% in 1980; even though it saw a marked rise to 7%, it still ranked at the least percentages on the chart. Lastly, the figures for master’s degrees and first-degree art started at 13% and 11% in 1980, respectively; there was a slight decline by 1% in 2000.