The two charts below show the proportion of qualified graduates in a particular country.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

Sample 1:

The two pie charts illustrate the educational qualifications of employees at an engineering enterprise in 1998 and 2008.

Overall, over the course of a decade, the company hired a greater number of specialists, primarily those with a PhD degree.

In 1998, the majority of employees held a bachelor’s degree, with 19% in science and 25% in arts, accounting for nearly half of the total workforce. While 29% of the employees had a master’s degree in science, only 12% held a master’s degree in arts. However, only a small percentage of employees had a PhD degree, with 13% in science and a mere 2% in arts.

In contrast, there was a considerable shift in the qualifications of the staff at the same company in 2008. The most noteworthy difference was the substantial increase in the percentage of PhD scientists, which rose to 30% and constituted the majority of the workforce. Similarly, there was also an increase in the number of people majoring in arts with a doctorate, rising from 2% to 7%. The proportion of employees with a first degree in either of these two majors, on the other hand, decreased to 10% (science) and 11% (arts). The figure for employees with a master’s degree saw a little change, though.

Sample 2:

The given pie charts depict the proportion of graduates who held various degrees in a given country in 1980 and 2008. It is clear from the charts that the First degrees in Arts and Sciences lost popularity whereas the Masters and Doctoral courses gained popularity after a period of nearly three decades.

In 1980, a quarter of the graduates held a first degree in Arts, whereas only 12% went for Master’s in Arts and a very small minority (2%) went for a PhD in Arts. First degree Science graduates were a little under a fifth whereas the Master’s in Science graduates were nearly a third of the total. Only 13% held PhD degrees.

In 2008, Graduates holding Master’s in Arts and Sciences were 11% and 10% respectively. This percentage was considerably less as compared to that of 1958. The proportion of Master’s in Arts and Science graduates was almost similar to that of 1958. PhD degree holders in Arts grew significantly from 2% to 7% and the PhD in Science was held by 30%, which was also much higher than the figures of 1958.

Overall, it is interesting to see that undergraduate or the first-degree courses became less popular over time, but the graduate courses were pursued by more people.