The pie charts compare advertising company employees’ education level in the fields of Art and Science between 1990 and 2010, classified by degree level and study fields.
Overall, it is clear that the company’s workforce became increasingly well-qualified, as bachelor-level degrees had lost much of their presence, particularly first degree in Arts, which gave way to more advanced credentials, with Master’s and PhD qualifications becoming increasingly common. Additionally, Doctoral Science recorded the most significant rise, marking as the dominant qualification, whereas Bachelor of Art experienced the sharpest drop, ending up as the least represented in the company’s workforce.
The qualification of PhD and Master in both Science and Art all displayed an upward trend. Notably, the share of Science PhD showed the most dramatic rise from 12% to 30% two decades after, surpassing the 29% of Science Master to become the largest group in the company. Similarly, the degree in PhD and Master of Art grew in prevalence, accounting for 5% and 23% of the company staff by 2010, respectively.
Conversely, the degree of Bachelor of Science and Art gradually lost its value within the workplace. The First Degree in Science, though initially owned by one-fifth of staff,almost halved to 11% at the end of the period. Lastly, a more dramatic change occurred in the percentage of the Bachelor of Art. Once possessed by 15% of workers at the beginning, this figure plummeted to just 2% by 2010, when it became the smallest group in the advertisement company.