The table illustrates the percentage of students who pursued education at a particular university in Australia in 2009. It presents data for six different departments, categorized by gender, first language, and place of birth.
Overall, female students outnumbered their male counterparts in humanities, while the opposite trend was observed in STEM-related fields. Notably, the percentage of students whose first language was not English was under 50% across all six departments. This pattern also holds true for the proportion of foreign-born students, with the exception of modern languages.
Regarding the percentage of female learners, English led with 67%, closely followed by modern languages and history, at 65% and 58% respectively. In contrast, the remaining subjects had considerably lower female enrollment, varying from 29% to 42%.
Concerning those whose mother tongue was not English, modern languages had the highest percentage of such students, at 41%, nearly triple the figure for English and quadruple that for history. For the other departments, percentages varied slightly, ranging from 32% to 38%.
Looking at where students were born, slightly over half students enrolled in modern languages were born outside of Australia. The figures for the remaining departments were generally under 50%, with history having the lowest percentage at 18%.