The line graph illustrates the proportion of girls participating in computer science, physics, medicine, and law courses between 1970 and 2015.
Overall, all courses experienced growth in female students’ rate except for computer science which saw a decreasing percentage of girly pupils during the period shown.
In 1970, computer science courses had the highest female proportion at around 35% while the figure for law specialty was nearly 5%. From 1970 to 1990, the trends of female students attending four courses were on the rise, including approximately 80% of girls in Law and around 50 to nearly 75% of girls joining in physics, medicine, and computer science courses.
In the last 20 years, law, medicine, and physics specialties experienced constantly increasing rates of females. Specifically, the proportion of law-studied girls was up to 100%, and more than 75% of girls enrolling in physics and medicine courses in 2015. By contrast, there was a significant decline in the percentage of girly pupils in computer science to around 30% at the same time.
