The two pie charts illustrate 5 different reasons which students chose a particular UK university in 1987 and 2007. Overall, the proportion of students who chose this college because of the suitable degree courses, quality of teaching and close to their parental home increased during the 20-year period while the remaining factors experienced a decrease in percentage.
Looking at first, the percentage of pupils who chose the university for suitable degree courses accounted for more than one-third of the options given. This figure showed a slight rise to 37% in 2007, making it the most popular reason among students. Similarly, closing to parental homes used to be the least chosen factor for students choosing the UK university, however, the number jumped significantly to 22% at the end of the period. Likewise, the proportion of students who opted quality of teaching as their main reasons for going to college went up from 15% to 18%.
In contrast, reasons involved quality of resources, teaching and good sports and social activities all depicted a downwall trend in percentage chosen. High quality sports and social pursuits stood for one-fifth the survey’s statistics in 1987. However, this number slumped by 13% 20 years later, remaining at only 6%. Likewise, 21% of students stated that they entered the university for quality resources in 1987 before this number dropped to 17% in 2007.