Academic Discipline of Nigerian University Students

Why We Looked Into This? »👀
The topic was prompted by the interest in exploring the choices of study by Africans and examining the prevailing academic disciplines within the Nigerian university system along with the gender composition for these courses.

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 – 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.

 

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