The provided line graph depicts how many students applied to four higher educational institutions from 1980 to 2010.
In general, A glance at the graph reveals that the majority of the universities has seen an upsurge in the number of students who applied except that of the University of Lakewood, which dives substantially by the end of the aforementioned period.
In comparison with the number of applicants to Alstead University, which climbed to 4000 by 1985, that of Lindslade College fell quickly to around 1500 in the same year, even though both started with close to 2500 students who applied just five years prior.
In the next 10 years (OR From 1985 to 1995), the former leveled off while the latter experienced an oscillation / fluctuation. In 1995, however, both of these figures witnessed a similar considerable rise where both reached their peaks in 2000 at approximately 5500 and 3500 students for Alstead University and Lindslade College respectively. (Using number 2)Thereafter, both saw a sharp decline followed by a more gradual decline to about 4200 applicants for Alstead University and a bounce back to 3000 for Lindslade College.
Regarding the other two universities, even though there were more people applied to the University of Lakewood in 1980 at nearly 5000 compared to roughly 4500 of that of Atherton University, their position drastically altered by the end largely due to the sharp drop of former in the first five year along with its continually gradual decline in the next 25 years makin it the least with 2500 applications by 2010. The opposite trend can be seen for the Atherton University where its number of applicants increased gradually in the first half but much more significantly in the second half of the period to its peak of nearly 6300 applications in 2005.