The charts below show the main reasons why students chose a particular university in the UK, in 1997 and 2007.

The pie charts compare the most important causes for students selecting a certain UK university between 1987 and 2007.

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for students choosing university was suitable degree courses in both years. In 1987, the greatest proportion of reasons was

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suitable degree courses, which represented 35% of total choices,

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in 2007, the figure for

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category was a bit higher,

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for students in 1987 (21%). Meanwhile, in 2017,

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category was slightly lower, at 17%. In terms of the

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being close to homes, it accounted for 10% of the total reasons in 1987,

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in 2007

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was double (22%). Regarding the quality of teachers

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the percentages for both were relatively similar, at 15% in 1987 and 18% in 2007. As for good sports and social activities, in 1987 it was 19% more popular than just 6 % in 2007.