The line chart illustrates the rate of female students studying four different subjects at a university between 1970 and 2015.
Overall, across this time, the percentage of female students taking each course grew significantly except for computer science. In addition, the law course saw the most rise among them all.
Regarding physics, medicine, and law, they have seen significant increases in their percentages in varying degrees since 1970. Physics began at around 30% in 1970, the second most popular course among female students. It started to ascend quickly in the following years before hitting a plateau in 1990, and reached almost 90% in 2015, surpassing computer science in percentage. Additionally, medicine followed a similar rising trend where it began at just below 20% in 1970, grew rapidly from 1990 and finished as the third most popular course at the end of the period.
As for the law course, it experienced the most significant rise among the group. It started at roughly 10% in 1970, the lowest among the group; however, the figure rose exponentially, and in 2015, it reached almost 100%, a jump of approximately 90%.
By contrast, unlike other courses, computer science saw a decreasing trend although it was the most chosen subject in the beginning year. It went from 35% in 1970, reached its peak percentage at 75% in 1990, and started declining and fell to 38% in the end year.