The line graph illustrates the figure of university students in four cities in the United Kingdom: London, Edinburgh, Manchester and Liverpool over a 14-year period from 2005 to 2019.
Overall, It can be clearly observed that while the number of university-level students in given cities in the UK experienced an upward trend during the given time frame, it is interesting to note that the student numbers in Liverpool underwent a significant increase.
Starting in 2005, the number of students in London was the highest among all cities at 49000 enrolled students, followed by Manchester,Liverpool, Edinburgh at 27000,15000,13000, respectively. However, the figure of university students in London, Manchester and Liverpool steadily increased to 55000,30000,18000, respectively, while that of enrolled students in Edinburgh sharply fell to below 7000 in 2009 before beginning to recover.
From 2010 onwards, the student figure in every city continued to constantly rise and peaked at 64000 in 2019 for the university in London. Surprisingly, the figures of students in Liverpool skyrocketed from 2015 to 2019 and reached 57000 students in a 4-year period.