The pie charts demonstrate the various reasons of students to take education in a specific UK university in a span of the two decades between 1987 and 2007.
Overall it is clear that the suitable degree courses accounted for the largest proportion in both years, while the category of the closenes to parental home witnessed a significant increase.
To begin with, the suitable degree courses category stood at the forefront with a whopping 35% and 37% by 1987 and 2007, respectively. Consequently, the suitable degree courses were the most important motive for students to chose a university back then. Looking at the smaller categories, the quality of resources makes up 21% of the total with the good sports and social activities amounting to 19%, whereas the category close to parental home being the least important one with only 10%, and the quality of teaching falling somewhere in between with 15%.
After 20 years, the categories of close to parental home and quality teaching experienced an escalation. The first one doubled his share to staggering 22%, where the second category increased only to 18%. In stark contrast, the quality of resources witnessed a marginal fall to 17% and the good sports and social activities decreased considerably to only 6%.