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2011 applicant figures - November

Data reported as at Monday 22 November 2010 (00:05:03)

The next 2011 applicant figures will be published on Tuesday 4 January 2011

November 2011 applicant figures - total applicants and total choices

2010 2011 Diff (+/-) Diff (%)
Total applicants 162,706 181,814 19,108 11.7%
Total choices 717,880 815,327 97,447 13.6%


November 2011 applicant figures - by gender
By gender 2010 2011 Diff (+/-) Diff (%)
Female 95,826 107,804 11,978 12.5%
Male 66,880 74,010 7,130 10.7%
Total 162,706 181,814 19,108 11.7%


November 2011 applicant figures - by age
By age 2010 2011 Diff (+/-) Diff (%)
17 and under 2,818 2,940 122 4.3%
18 94,130 103,201 9,071 9.6%
19 31,430 36,622 5,192 16.5%
20 7,617 8,921 1,304 17.1%
21 4,343 4,754 411 9.5%
22 3,634 3,773 139 3.8%
23 2,838 3,164 326 11.5%
24 2,099 2,492 393 18.7%
25 to 29 6,091 6,930 839 13.8%
30 to 39 5,157 6,131 974 18.9%
40 and over 2,549 2,886 337 13.2%
Total 162,706 181,814 19,108 11.7%


November 2011 applicant figures - by domicile
By domicile 2010 2011 Diff (+/-) Diff (%)
UK 139,875 157,116 17,241 12.3%
Other EU 9,555 10,392 837 8.8%
Non EU 13,276 14,306 1,030 7.8%
Total 162,706 181,814 19,108 11.7%


November 2011 applicant figures - UK only, by country
By UK country 2010 2011 Diff (+/-) Diff (%)
England 125,345 140,983 15,638 12.5%
Northern Ireland 4,150 4,777 627 15.1%
Scotland 4,765 5,122 357 7.5%
Wales 5,615 6,234 619 11.0%
Total 139,875 157,116 17,241 12.3%


November 2011 applicant figures - non-UK only, by region
By region 2010 2011 Diff (+/-) Diff (%)
Africa 1,175 1,134 -41 -3.5%
Americas 2,272 2,234 -38 -1.7%
Australasia 225 277 52 23.1%
EU (ex. Eire) 7,867 8,785 918 11.7%
Eire 1,688 1,607 -81 -4.8%
Europe (ex.EU) 936 988 52 5.6%
Far E(ex HK/Mal) 5,446 5,915 469 8.6%
Hong Kong 1,506 1,706 200 13.3%
Malaysia 858 1,144 286 33.3%
Middle East 838 885 47 5.6%
Other Overseas 20 23 3 15.0%
Total 22,831 24,698 1,867 8.2%


November 2011 applicant figures - UK only, by region
By UK region 2010 2011 Diff (+/-) Diff (%)
East Midlands 9,750 11,619 1,869 19.2%
Eastern 13,469 15,399 1,930 14.3%
Greater London 22,932 25,046 2,114 9.2%
North East 4,448 5,392 944 21.2%
North West 16,864 20,091 3,227 19.1%
Northern Ireland 4,150 4,777 627 15.1%
Scotland 4,765 5,122 357 7.5%
South East 24,729 25,914 1,185 4.8%
South West 11,633 13,462 1,829 15.7%
Wales 5,615 6,234 619 11.0%
West Midlands 11,470 13,041 1,571 13.7%
Yorks & The Humber 10,050 11,019 969 9.6%
Total 139,875 157,116 17,241 12.3%


November 2011 applicant figures - by application month
By application month 2010 2011 Diff (+/-) Diff (%)
September 11,012 13,393 2,381 21.6%
October 81,229 85,550 4,321 5.3%
November 70,465 82,871 12,406 17.6%
Total 162,706 181,814 19,108 11.7%


Applicant volume by month Cumulative applicant volume by month
Applications (Choices) by JACS2 Subject Group
JACS2 Subject Group 2010 2011 Diff (+/-) Diff (%)
Group A Medicine & Dentistry 93,287 96,438 3,151 3.4%
Group B Subjects allied to Medicine 77,376 102,002 24,626 31.8%
Group C Biological Sciences 56,148 65,833 9,685 17.2%
Group D Vet Sci,Ag & related 11,560 12,805 1,245 10.8%
Group F Physical Sciences 35,466 40,870 5,404 15.2%
Group G Mathematical & Comp Sci 33,517 37,927 4,410 13.2%
Group H Engineering 33,903 38,228 4,325 12.8%
Group J Technologies 1,619 1,943 324 20.0%
Group K Architecture,Build & Plan 9,619 10,498 879 9.1%
Group L Social Studies 64,781 72,379 7,598 11.7%
Group M Law 33,636 37,484 3,848 11.4%
Group N Business & Admin studies 49,548 58,251 8,703 17.6%
Group P Mass Comms and Documentation 8,060 10,274 2,214 27.5%
Group Q Linguistics, Classics & related 30,258 30,557 299 1.0%
Group R European Langs, Lit & related 12,850 13,298 448 3.5%
Group T Non-European Langs and related 3,396 3,532 136 4.0%
Group V Hist & Philosophical studies 34,472 36,357 1,885 5.5%
Group W Creative Arts & Design 30,839 36,895 6,056 19.6%
Group X Education 17,537 22,609 5,072 28.9%
Y Combined arts 19,143 20,281 1,138 5.9%
Y Combined sciences 8,836 10,191 1,355 15.3%
Y Combined social sciences 8,101 8,616 515 6.4%
Y Sciences combined with social sciences or arts 18,332 20,491 2,159 11.8%
Y Social sciences combined with arts 17,677 18,948 1,271 7.2%
Z General, other combined & unknown 7,919 8,620 701 8.9%
Total 717,880 815,327 97,447 13.6%


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