Applicant statistics

10 September 2009

Applicant statistics 10 September 2009
 

2009

2008

Applicants accepted (1)

    

- having unconditional or confirmed
  conditional offers

417,163

388,906

- having found a place in Clearing

38,693

29,264

- having been placed using Adjustment

394

0

Total number of accepted applicants

456,250

418,170

Applicants with a non-Clearing outcome pending
- decision from institution or applicant reply

22,671

27,510

Applicants currently eligible for Clearing
- no offers, conditions not met, applied very
  late

132,047

110,583

Applicants withdrawn from scheme (2)

11,119

10,254

Total number of applicants

622,087

566,517

Days from publication of GCE results

21

21

Comparison date (3)

10/09/09

04/09/08

Number of institutions within UCAS membership receiving applications

304

306

Notes

  1. Includes those deferring entry to the following year. (Applicants are counted in the year in which they apply, not the year in which they intend to begin their course.)

  2. Includes those withdrawn after accepting an offer.

  3. Comparisons with previous years are made relative to the publication of Advanced level results (20 August 2009 and 14 August 2008). For example, figures for Thursday 3 September 2009, fourteen days after this year's publication date, will be compared with those for Thursday 28 August 2008.