The table and pie chart demonstrate the figure for research students in some universities in Australia over a period of 9 years from 2001 to 2010.
Overall, it is evident that the number of domestic research students always significantly higher than the number of international research students between 2001 to 2010. Noteworthy, there was a notable increase in the number of students pursuing research during the same period. Additionally, domestic male students consistently dominated the major in both periods.
In 2001, there was 33,657 local students enrolled in Australian universities, nearly seven times the figure for their international participants. For the following 10 years, the number of local students grew moderately to roughly 39,488, while there was 14, 593 international counterparts engaged in research.
Turning to gender distribution, the percentage of male and female local research students was relatively similar in 2001, at 44% and 43% respectively. Among international students, there was a notable gender disparity, with only 9% male and 4% female. In 2010, local male students accounted for the highest proportion of total students, with 38%, followed by that of non-local male, at 35%. However, among these students, the proportion of females, at 15%, surpassed that of males, standing at 13%, indicating a shifting trend over a decade.