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Analysis of the Data: Academic Discipline Chosen by Students
- This analysis displays the total number of students in different academic fields across Nigerian universities from 100 level to 600 level (depending on the duration of the course).
- Less than 5% of the total number of students are registered in Veterinary Medicine, Pharmacy, Medicine and Environmental Sciences โ 0.2%, 0.7%, 1.3%, 2.4% and 3.5% respectively.
- The Sciences, Social Sciences, Administration and Management and Education have the greatest number of students with 17%, 16%, 14% and 13% respectively of the total population.
- Sharp differences are obvious in academic disciplines such as Engineering & Technology (89% male vs 11% female), Environmental Sciences (78% male vs 22% female), Computing (76% male vs 24% female) and Veterinary Medicine (70% male vs 30% female).
- A sharp difference in interest is also observed in students studying in the Basic Medical & health Sciences field with a 67:33 female-male ratio.