The line graph presents the proportion of alumni, including both Math and other former students working full-time after university, whereas the table records their salaries throughout the same period from 2004 to 2012. Overall, in the first graph, while the percentages of those who graduated in Math slightly decrease, others’ figures experience a temporary surge midway through the period; it ends the timeframe virtually unchanged. According to the second table, both types of alumni’s earnings completely witness an increasing trend, with Math graduates being higher in the end.
Beginning with the line chart, the figure for Math graduates is recorded at 80% at the start of the period, then gradually rose and peaked at about 85% in 2008, which is identical to the proportion of other former students. At that time, Math graduates’ proportion decreased and ended at approximately 78% in 2012. Turning to other former students, the figure began at around 65%, then boomed at roughly 87%, which constantly fell and returned to its starting point by 2012.
In terms of the table, two figures began with $41,000 in 2004 and both followed an increasing trend; however, it was noticed that while other alumni increased by $2,000 every two years until 2010, then by $4,000 and ended with the earnings of $51.000; Math graduates increased inconsistently and finished at $56,000 in 2012.