The bar chart depicts a comparison of the number of international graduates in six universities in the United Kingdom between the years 2010 and 2015.
As can be seen from the chart, all six universities saw slight to significant growths in their figures regarding the volume of international students graduating in both the two years.
In 2000, the university holding the highest number of international graduates was Cambridge, at approximately 15%. Following behind Cambridge were Oxford and Cardiff, graduating around 14% and 10% of international students respectively. Meanwhile, the remaining universities held the bottom three places, with Bristol and Bath holding a tight competition at roughly 6% and 7%. Lastly, the university with the lowest amount of international graduates was London, which was 5% of their whole graduates.
On the other hand, by 2015, London has managed give itself the most significant rise and reached 20% of international graduates that year. However, that growth was not enough to surpass Oxford’s figures of 25% and Cambridge’s of approximately 23%, with the former placing the first place amongst all six universities. This indicates that Oxford and Cambridge has maintained their positions as one of the top 3 universities across both years. While these three universities experienced a considerable increase in their international students graduation rate, the remaining three universities saw a rather moderate one. With a growth rate of about 4%, Cardiff follows closely behind London, reaching somewhere around 14% of international graduates. Furthermore, Bath rose by roughly 5% at about 12% in 2015, and Bristol placing last, by experiencing a small bump of 2%, making its figures to just 8% that year.
Overall, all six universities saw an increase in graduating their international students, with London at the top regarding their growth rates, and Bath with a more marginal increase.