The table provides information about the percentage of students who studied in six departments at an Australian university in 2011.
Overall, it is clear that females had the highest percentage in humanities department, while non-English-speaking students and those born outside Australia dominated the IT department.
Looking at the table in more detail, females made up the highest proportion in humanities, education, and physics, at 72%, 68%, and 56%, respectively. In contrast, males were the major contributors to the IT and engineering departments, at 15% and 17%. Science was the most gender-balanced department, with females constituting 52% of the total.
As for the remaining students who are non-native English speakers and those born outside Australia dominated the IT department (49%), that highlights its significance among other fields. This was followed by science and engineering, comprising 45% and 42% of students whose first language was not English. Meanwhile, humanities and education departments had the lowest figures, accounting for 12% and 16%. Similarly, the physics (56%), science(31%), and engineering (48%) had the highest percentages of students born outside Australia, while the lowest figures were found in humanities (20%) and education (23%).