The given line graph compares the number of students in universities in 4 cities: London, Edinburgh, Manchester, and Liverpool in England between 2005 and 2019.
Overall, it can be clearly observed that the number of enrolled students experienced an upward trend. Interestingly, the number of students in Liverpool increased significantly from 2015 to 2019.
Starting in 2005, with a count of just above 49,000, London had the highest number of registered students, followed by Manchester, Liverpool, and Edinburgh at just above 25,000, 14,000, and 13,000 students, respectively. However, the number of students in London, Manchester, and Liverpool increased gradually to approximately 55,000, 29,000, and 15,500 students, respectively in 2009, whereas those of Edinburgh significantly dropped to 6,000 students in 2009.
From 2009 onwards, the number of students in London and Edinburgh continued to grow moderately and reached its peak at just below 65,000 and 48,000 students in 2019.Similarly, the figure for Manchester skyrocketed to 61,000 students in 2019. Interestingly, Edinburgh hit the lowest point at 6,000 students in 2009 but then increased steadily to 14,000 students in 2019.