University students are increasingly studying abroad as a part of their studies. Do the advantages of studying abroad outweigh the disadvantages?

The table provides information on enrolments of students at Manchester University in three decades (1937, 1967 and 2017).
Besides
, the given information describes the percentage of female/ male and overseas/local students. Overall, while the number of students increases as well as the percentage of female and overseas students, the proportion of
male
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males
and local ones decreases. The most significant changes concern the growth of enrolled students. It raised from 327 to 1133 over a 30-year period.
Then
, from 1967 to 2017 the number went up from 1133 to 6254. Another growth regards the percentage of students from overseas. The proportion climbed from 7% to 32% over 50 years. Interestingly, the ratio of females in the university did not rise
steadily but
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steadily, but
dropped between 1937 and 1967. We can see a different pattern in the male ratio. It grows from 1937 to 1967 but
then
declines to 45% in 2017. Concerning the rate of the students who came from within 40 miles of Manchester, the rate dropped from 55% to 1-2% over 80 years.
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