The two pie charts below shows compares the proportion of highly qualified graduates studying in 6 different fields in a particular country between the years 1980 and 2008.
Overall, it can be clearly seen from the charts that First degree arts mostly preferred among graduates in 1980, however interest to this field dropped significantly ,with the rise of interest of PhD Science among graduates. in contrast PhD ARTS remained at least popular in both years .
In 1980, most school graduates preferred to study first degree arts with the percentage around 40%,remaining the most dominant ones. and 29 % of graduates studied Masters science which remained the slightly popular field. however masters arts and PhD arts considered the least common field with percentages 12% and 2%, respectively.
By 2008, the chart undergone great alterations , most graduates considered to study PhD science with numbers around 30%. and first degree arts as a second major dominant field with 22%. in contrast, masters arts and Phd arts remained at least dominant sectors with 17% of students preferred masters arts and 7% showing slight increase by the year