The given table illustrates the amount of research students based on nationality in Australian to universities in 2001 and 2010, while the pie charts show the distribution of research students in accordance to both gender and nationality in the same years.
Overall, it is clear that Australian universities received much more students than before, with local students still remaining as the majority. According to the pie charts, the distribution between male and female students were relatively even. Another noticeable change is the drastic growth in the proportion of students from overseas / foreign students.
Noteworthy
Looking at the table, the number of domestic students was 33,657 in 2001, which significantly increased to 39,488 in 2010. Similarly, the amount of foreign students, which used to be roughly 8 times lower than that of local students, had risen to approximately 14,500. Therefore, the total number of students saw an increase by a half within 9 years.
According to the remaining graphs, the proportion of Australian citizens accounted for 87% in 2001, with even distribution among both genders. In the remaining 13%, foreign male students occupied 9%, which was twice its female counterpart. After 9 years, the percentage of internationals had doubled, in which non – local females exceeded males by 3%. In contrast, among the locals, the percentage of male was 3% higher than females.