The given table illustrates data on students in six different majors in a university in Australia in the year of 2011.
Overall, it is salient that female students outnumbered their male peers in 4 out of 6 provided departments. Similarly, in 4 majors, the number of Australian students surpassed that of non Australians. Another notable point is that in most of the departments, the first language of students was English.
Looking at the details, regarding genders, in 2011, female students were tipped sharply to social studies with 72% in English, 68% in Foreign language, and 52% in History. Interestingly, in the department of Physics, females showed a greater liking for this science subject than their male counterparts, accounting for 56%. Meanwhile, Math and Chemistry were predominantly chosen by males, with 83% and 85% respectively.
With respect to the language of students, it echoed an opposite pattern, with social subjects like English and Foreign languages being the priority of students whose first language is English, making up for 88% and 84% respectively. Nearly half of Maths students had the first language as English, compared with 45% and 42% of students in departments of History and Chemistry. This was followed by Physics with only 38%.
As for the last category, the number of students with English being their first language also translated to a similar share for students who were born outside Australia, when around 7 out of 10 Australian students enrolled in the two departments of English and Modern Languages in 2011. Meanwhile, international students were rather inclined to Math and Physics, accounting for 56% of the student population, which was 8% more than the number of Chemistry students and 25% more than the number of History students.