The graph below shows the number of university graduates in Canada students from 1992 to 2007.

The graph gives information about how many male and female students graduated from Canadian universities between 1992 and 2007. Despite, the

overall

rise in

number

was not steady, the trends for male and female students were similar.

Additionally

, the gap between them widened over the period as more women than men graduated.

Graduates

number

rose during the 15 years and reached their highest levels in 2007, but there were always more female than male

graduates

. In 1992, the difference was less marked, with just over 70,000 males and about 100,000 females.

However

, by 2007 there had been more significant growth in female

numbers

. That year, they rose to 147,000, compared to just 95,000 males.

Thus

the gap between the

number

of male and female

graduates

had

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widened. A more detailed look at the graph reveals that the

overall

growth in

numbers

was not always steady. Between 1992 and 1995, there was a slight increase. That was followed by a period of about five years, when

numbers

fell,

then

flattened out at just over 70,000 for men and 100,000 for women. After 2000,

however

, graduate

numbers

saw their strongest growth rate, and

this

was well above the increases that had been seen in the early 1990s. Clearly, there were similar trends for male and female

graduates

over

this

period, but the

number

of women graduating increased at a higher rate than the

number

of men.