UCAS - Applicant statistics - 16 September 2009

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Applicant statistics

16 September 2009

Applicant statistics 16 September 2009
	2009	2008
Applicants accepted (1)
- having unconditional or confirmed conditional offers	421,622	394,871
- having found a place in Clearing	41,689	33,394
- having been placed using Adjustment	392	0
Total number of accepted applicants	463,703	428,265
Applicants with a non-Clearing outcome pending - decision from institution or applicant reply	16,798	21,468
Applicants currently eligible for Clearing - no offers, conditions not met, applied very late	131,911	109,303
Applicants withdrawn from scheme (2)	11,997	11,195
Total number of applicants	624,409	570,231
Days from publication of GCE results	27	27
Comparison date (3)	16/09/09	10/09/08
Number of institutions within UCAS membership receiving applications	304	306

Notes

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.)
Includes those withdrawn after accepting an offer.
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.

Acceptances having a declared area of permanent residence within the UK; by age and country of residence

		Country of residence
		England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	Total
20 years and under	2009	273,629	15,102	21,654	11,645	322,030
	2008	258,992	13,852	20,478	11,395	304,717
	% change	5.7%	9.0%	5.7%	2.2%	5.7%
21 to 24 years	2009	35,838	2,077	3,397	1,258	42,570
	2008	30,890	1,720	3,108	1,150	36,868
	% change	16.0%	20.8%	9.3%	9.4%	15.5%
25 years and over	2009	39,629	2,238	3,379	705	45,951
	2008	33,324	1,830	2,998	726	38,878
	% change	18.9%	22.3%	12.7%	-2.9%	18.2%
Total	2009	349,096	19,417	28,430	13,608	410,551
	2008	323,206	17,402	26,584	13,271	380,463
	% change	8.0%	11.6%	6.9%	2.5%	7.9%

Acceptances from applicants by age group and gender

Year		Male	Female	Total
20 years and under	2009	164,639	195,552	360,191
	2008	152,953	185,650	338,603
	% change	7.6%	5.3%	6.4%
21 to 24 years	2009	26,066	27,754	53,820
	2008	22,714	24,185	46,899
	% change	14.8%	14.8%	14.8%
25 years and over	2009	18,307	31,385	49,692
	2008	15,550	27,213	42,763
	% change	17.7%	15.3%	16.2%
Total	2009	209,012	254,691	463,703
	2008	191,217	237,048	428,265
	% change	9.3%	7.4%	8.3%

Acceptances by area of domicile and country of accepting institution

Area of Permanent Residence		Country of institution				Total
Area of Permanent Residence		England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	Total
England	2009	334,460	9,589	4,768	279	349,096
	2008	310,245	8,299	4,394	268	323,206
	% change	7.8%	15.5%	8.5%	4.1%	8.0%
Wales	2009	5,654	13,616	134	13	19,417
	2008	5,373	11,909	110	10	17,402
	% change	5.2%	14.3%	21.8%	30.0%	11.6%
Scotland	2009	1,677	48	26,686	19	28,430
	2008	1,712	62	24,791	19	26,584
	% change	-2.0%	-22.6%	7.6%	0.0%	6.9%
Northern Ireland	2009	3,101	115	1,091	9,301	13,608
	2008	3,194	108	1,112	8,857	13,271
	% change	-2.9%	6.5%	-1.9%	5.0%	2.5%
Rep. of Ireland	2009	1,344	249	775	449	2,817
	2008	1,225	189	712	408	2,534
	% change	9.7%	31.7%	8.8%	10.0%	11.2%
Other EU	2009	15,655	815	3,512	19	20,001
	2008	13,979	574	2,960	25	17,538
	% change	12.0%	42.0%	18.6%	-24.0%	14.0%
Non EU	2009	26,064	1,081	3,102	87	30,334
	2008	23,547	848	3,270	65	27,730
	% change	10.7%	27.5%	-5.1%	33.8%	9.4%
Total	2009	387,955	25,513	40,068	10,167	463,703
	2008	359,275	21,989	37,349	9,652	428,265
	% change	8.0%	16.0%	7.3%	5.3%	8.3%