The bar chart illustrates the number of male and female students selecting six major subjects in a US college in the year 2010
It is clear that Finance was the most attractive area of qualification among both sexes in the year 2010, while the opposite was true for Engineering. In addition, the biggest difference was in the number of males and females enrolling in Mathematics.
As can be seen from the chart, a finance course had an equal number of males and females with approximately 230 students. The numbers of males and females who studied Accounting were relatively smaller, with 170 and 200 students respectively. Similarly, the number of female students choosing Marketing as their major (about 120 students) was also higher than that of male ones (about 80 students).
Looking at the chart in more detail, the second most popular subject among males was Mathematics with 200 students, whereas the number of females choosing this subject was significantly lower with just nearly 60 students. In addition, the figure for male economics students was 150, almost twice as much as female economics students.