The graphs below show the enrolments of overseas students and local students in Australian universities over a ten year period

The line graphs illustrate the enrolments of pupils in the overseas and pupils in the local in Australian colleges from 2001 to 2010.
Overall, the local pupils has a higher amount of students over the period of time shown in the graphs with great increases years by years.
In all the time being shown, overseas pupil witnessed significant increases in both the commencing and the total. The commencing went up remarkably from 10100 students to 40000 students over a period of 9 years and then faced a sightly increase about 100 students in one year later. While the total seen a rocket, from 20000 students to more than 80000 students.
Likewise, the total in local students saw significant increases for about 200000 students over a period of 7 years before stayed stablity 3 years later. And the commercing witnessed oscillations between 180000 students abd 230000 students during the perios shown.