The pie charts compare the distribution of graduate students who earned first, master’s, and PhD degrees in arts and science academic fields between 1980 and 2008. In this country, the percentage of Science graduates exceeded that of Arts graduates, with a significant increase in from 1980 to 2008. Another noticeable change was a rising tendency for students to pursue a PHD in both fields.
Regarding Arts graduates, 25% of total graduates obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Arts, making it the second largest proportion in 1980, followed by a plummet to 11% in 2008. By contrast, the percentage of recipients of Master’s degrees in Arts experienced a slight rise from 12% in 1980 to 13% in 2008. Similarly, Arts PhD programs remained at the bottom of the rankings chart, despite an increase from 2% in 1980 to 7% in 2008.
In terms of students complete their Science degrees, PhD candidates accounted for 13% of the total in 1980, followed by a remarkable upsurge to 30% in 2008 when the figure ranked first in the chart. Meanwhile, the percentages of obtainers of Bachelors’ and Masters’ degrees both remained unchanged during the period, standing at 19% and 29% in both years, respectively.