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Applicant statistics
25 August 2011
2011 |
2010 |
|
|---|---|---|
Applicants accepted (1) |
||
- having unconditional or confirmed conditional offers |
416,744 |
412,517 |
- having found a place in Clearing |
33,408 |
26,420 |
- having been placed using Adjustment |
558 |
384 |
Total number of accepted applicants |
450,710 |
439,321 |
Applicants with a non-Clearing outcome pending |
45,539 |
46,412 |
Applicants currently eligible for Clearing |
180,784 |
181,917 |
Applicants withdrawn from scheme (2) |
8,836 |
10,016 |
Total number of applicants |
685,869 |
677,666 |
Days from publication of GCE results |
7 |
7 |
Comparison date (3) |
25/08/11 |
26/08/10 |
Number of institutions within UCAS membership receiving applications |
304 |
305 |
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Includes those withdrawn after accepting an offer.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 (18 August 2011 and 19 August 2010). For example, figures for Thursday 01 September 2011, fourteen days after this year's publication date, will be compared with those for Thursday 02 September 2010.
Applicant statistics as of 00:05 Wednesday 24 August 2011
Table 1 - Acceptances from applicants by age group and gender
| Year | Male | Female | Total | |
| 20 years and under | 2011 | 163,883 | 194,921 | 358,804 |
| 2010 | 156,978 | 187,745 | 344,723 | |
| % change | +4.4% | +3.8% | +4.1% | |
| 21 to 24 years | 2011 | 21,723 | 24,034 | 45,757 |
| 2010 | 21,476 | 24,140 | 45,616 | |
| % change | +1.2% | -0.4% | +0.3% | |
| 25 years and over | 2011 | 14,384 | 25,838 | 40,222 |
| 2010 | 15,151 | 27,034 | 42,185 | |
| % change | -5.1% | -4.4% | -4.7% | |
| Total | 2011 | 199,990 | 244,793 | 444,783 |
| 2010 | 193,605 | 238,919 | 432,524 | |
| % change | +3.3% | +2.5% | +2.8% | |
Table 2 - Acceptances by area of domicile and country of accepting institution
| Area of Permanent Residence | Country of institution | |||||
| England | Wales | Scotland | Northern Ireland | Total | ||
| England | 2011 | 321,644 | 10,744 | 3,197 | 233 | 335,818 |
| 2010 | 310,942 | 9,822 | 3,487 | 205 | 324,456 | |
| % change | 3.4% | 9.4% | -8.3% | 13.7% | 3.5% | |
| Wales | 2011 | 6,149 | 10,368 | 86 | 7 | 16,610 |
| 2010 | 6,099 | 10,603 | 90 | 6 | 16,798 | |
| % change | 0.8% | -2.2% | -4.4% | 16.7% | -1.1% | |
| Scotland | 2011 | 1,532 | 62 | 26,000 | 17 | 27,611 |
| 2010 | 1,649 | 50 | 26,274 | 23 | 27,996 | |
| % change | -7.1% | 24.0% | -1.0% | -26.1% | -1.4% | |
| Northern Ireland | 2011 | 3,748 | 185 | 1,067 | 7,827 | 12,827 |
| 2010 | 3,229 | 149 | 1,076 | 8,117 | 12,571 | |
| % change | 16.1% | 24.2% | -0.8% | -3.6% | 2.0% | |
| Ireland | 2011 | 1,308 | 164 | 486 | 432 | 2,390 |
| 2010 | 1,509 | 223 | 726 | 584 | 3,042 | |
| % change | -13.3% | -26.5% | -33.1% | -26.0% | -21.4% | |
| Other EU | 2011 | 17,597 | 694 | 3,588 | 46 | 21,925 |
| 2010 | 15,889 | 624 | 3,105 | 16 | 19,634 | |
| % change | 10.7% | 11.2% | 15.6% | 187.5% | 11.7% | |
| Non EU | 2011 | 23,728 | 952 | 2,783 | 139 | 27,602 |
| 2010 | 24,346 | 772 | 2,827 | 82 | 28,027 | |
| % change | -2.5% | 23.3% | -1.6% | 69.5% | -1.5% | |
| Total | 2011 | 375,706 | 23,169 | 37,207 | 8,701 | 444,783 |
| 2010 | 363,663 | 22,243 | 37,585 | 9,033 | 432,524 | |
| % change | 3.3% | 4.2% | -1.0% | -3.7% | 2.8% | |
Table 3 - 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 | 2011 | 273,892 | 13,429 | 20,714 | 10,808 | 318,843 |
| 2010 | 261,569 | 13,583 | 21,041 | 10,580 | 306,773 | |
| % change | +4.7% | -1.1% | -1.6% | +2.2% | +3.9% | |
| 21 to 24 years | 2011 | 30,485 | 1,569 | 3,169 | 1,233 | 36,456 |
| 2010 | 30,089 | 1,593 | 3,057 | 1,184 | 35,923 | |
| % change | +1.3% | -1.5% | +3.7% | +4.1% | +1.5% | |
| 25 years and over | 2011 | 31,441 | 1,612 | 3,728 | 786 | 37,567 |
| 2010 | 32,798 | 1,622 | 3,898 | 807 | 39,125 | |
| % change | -4.1% | -0.6% | -4.4% | -2.6% | -4.0% | |
| Total | 2011 | 335,818 | 16,610 | 27,611 | 12,827 | 392,866 |
| 2010 | 324,456 | 16,798 | 27,996 | 12,571 | 381,821 | |
| % change | +3.5% | -1.1% | -1.4% | +2.0% | +2.9% | |
Table 4 - Acceptances by subject and course type (degree, foundation degree or other)
| Joint Academic Coding System (JACS 2) Subject Line | Degree 2011 | Percent change | Found. degree 2011 | Percent change | Other 2011 | Percent change |
| M1 - Law by Area | 16,396 | +7.3% | 43 | 2 | ||
| W2 - Design studies | 16,072 | +7.1% | 1,467 | -0.1% | 259 | |
| C8 - Psychology | 15,609 | +4.6% | 49 | 17 | ||
| B7 - Nursing | 15,417 | +40.1% | 318 | 5,028 | -59.3% | |
| N2 - Management studies | 10,245 | +6.0% | 507 | +10.2% | 598 | 18.9% |
| G4 - Computer Science | 10,193 | +5.6% | 693 | -7.4% | 417 | |
| Q3 - English studies | 9,842 | -0.6% | 13 | |||
| N1 - Business studies | 9,731 | +11.1% | 464 | 464 | ||
| NN - Combinations within Business & Admin Studies | 9,306 | +11.2% | 200 | 135 | ||
| C6 - Sports Science | 8,995 | +1.9% | 897 | +4.7% | 209 | |
| V1 - History by Period | 8,729 | +2.6% | 5 | |||
| Y Combs of social studies/bus/law with arts/humanities | 7,874 | -1.3% | 626 | -1.7% | 46 | |
| A1 - Pre-clinical Medicine | 7,600 | -2.5% | ||||
| G1 - Mathematics | 7,356 | +6.0% | ||||
| B9 - Others in Subjects allied to Medicine | 7,321 | +11.8% | 280 | 617 | -10.8% | |
| L1 - Economics | 7,253 | +8.7% | ||||
| Y Combs of languages with arts/humanities | 7,182 | -2.6% | 8 | |||
| X3 - Academic studies in Education | 6,610 | +14.5% | 741 | +24.7% | 27 | |
| N8 - Hospitality, Leisure, Tourism and Transport | 6,496 | -0.2% | 1,011 | -3.4% | 398 | -25.9% |
| W6 - Cinematics and Photography | 6,307 | +8.1% | 817 | -7.8% | 136 | |
| X1 - Training Teachers | 6,294 | -2.7% | 249 | 14 | ||
| Y Combs of science/engineering with arts/humanities/languages | 6,197 | +5.1% | 1,352 | +2.7% | 84 | |
| W4 - Drama | 6,134 | +0.4% | 608 | -0.8% | 328 | |
| L5 - Social Work | 6,126 | -1.2% | 1,044 | +28.1% | 1,834 | 14.7% |
| N4 - Accounting | 6,022 | +8.5% | 61 | 16 | ||
| H3 - Mechanical Engineering | 5,843 | +8.3% | 242 | 44 | ||
| L2 - Politics | 5,554 | +9.3% | 85 | 5 | ||
| C1 - Biology | 5,220 | +9.0% | 26 | 25 | ||
| P3 - Media studies | 4,991 | +6.4% | 437 | 33 | ||
| L3 - Sociology | 4,977 | +8.1% | 26 | 102 | ||
| Y Combs of science/engineering with social studies/bus/law | 4,928 | -5.0% | 281 | 33 | ||
| W3 - Music | 4,512 | +7.1% | 584 | +5.0% | 82 | |
| W1 - Fine Art | 4,466 | +7.6% | 165 | 20 | ||
| F1 - Chemistry | 4,359 | +5.3% | 40 | 16 | ||
| B2 - Pharmacology,Toxicology and Pharmacy | 4,183 | +5.2% | 78 | |||
| H6 - Electronic and Electrical Engineering | 4,135 | +5.3% | 17 | 103 | ||
| K1 - Architecture | 4,029 | +3.1% | 48 | 11 | ||
| F3 - Physics | 4,008 | +12.6% | 12 | |||
| H2 - Civil Engineering | 3,978 | -1.2% | 55 | 97 | ||
| N5 - Marketing | 3,603 | +11.2% | 96 | 60 | ||
| Y Combs of arts/humanities | 3,465 | +0.1% | 99 | |||
| Z Combs of 3 subjects, or other general courses | 3,447 | -7.9% | 25 | 16 | ||
| F8 - Physical Geographical Sciences | 3,378 | -1.9% | 19 | 1 | ||
| Y Combs of med/bio/agric sciences | 3,278 | +12.8% | 298 | 32 | ||
| B1 - Anatomy,Physiology and Pathology | 3,106 | -0.5% | ||||
| P5 - Journalism | 3,059 | +10.6% | 127 | 8 | ||
| Y Combs of phys/math science with social studies/bus/law | 2,856 | -9.1% | 43 | |||
| M9 - Others in Law | 2,805 | +1.8% | 72 | 33 | ||
| L7 - Human and Social Geography | 2,743 | -3.2% | ||||
| WW - Combinations within Creative Arts and Design | 2,731 | +4.8% | 383 | 47 | ||
| LL - Combinations within Social Studies | 2,715 | +3.2% | 138 | |||
| Y Combs of soc studies/law with business | 2,681 | -8.2% | 29 | 1 | ||
| C7 - Molecular Biology,Biophysics & Biochem | 2,665 | +17.6% | 8 | 17 | ||
| G5 - Information Systems | 2,620 | +1.0% | 216 | 88 | ||
| K2 - Building | 2,582 | -1.4% | 201 | 219 | ||
| H1 - General Engineering | 2,558 | -8.2% | 52 | 45 | ||
| Y Combs of social studies/bus/law with languages | 2,397 | -1.5% | ||||
| Y Combs of soc studies/law | 2,338 | +9.5% | 111 | 1 | ||
| H4 - Aerospace Engineering | 2,057 | +4.9% | 138 | 13 | ||
| H8 - Chemical,Process and Energy Engineering | 2,039 | +16.4% | 11 | |||
| Y Combs of phys/math science with arts/humanities/languages | 1,990 | -7.5% | 145 | 47 | ||
| GG - Combinations within Mathematical & Computer Sci | 1,977 | +8.0% | 102 | 13 | ||
| F4 - Forensic and Archaeological Science | 1,849 | +8.1% | 166 | 30 | ||
| RR - Combinations within European Langs,Lit and related | 1,707 | -13.0% | ||||
| V5 - Philosophy | 1,647 | +3.5% | ||||
| B8 - Medical Technology | 1,617 | -7.3% | ||||
| Y Combs of languages | 1,583 | -1.6% | ||||
| F6 - Geology | 1,532 | +1.6% | ||||
| G6 - Software Engineering | 1,505 | +13.4% | 126 | 26 | ||
| C3 - Zoology | 1,499 | -2.2% | 36 | |||
| J9 - Others in Technology | 1,469 | -6.7% | 313 | 33 | ||
| N3 - Finance | 1,359 | +19.8% | 5 | 1 | ||
| Y Combs of sciences with engineering/technology | 1,276 | -0.8% | 87 | 17 | ||
| W5 - Dance | 1,241 | +6.7% | 139 | 57 | ||
| F7 - Science of Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments | 1,240 | -7.9% | 116 | 39 | ||
| VV - Combinations within Hist & Philosophical studies | 1,225 | +1.2% | 13 | |||
| Y Combs of med/bio/agric sciences with phys/math sciences | 1,224 | +1.8% | 47 | 16 | ||
| V3 - History by Topic | 1,221 | -4.3% | 7 | |||
| C9 - Others in Biological Sciences | 1,210 | +9.0% | 30 | 14 | ||
| V6 - Theology and Religious studies | 1,194 | -3.2% | 41 | 3 | ||
| D3 - Animal Science | 1,178 | +8.6% | 784 | 7.7% | 93 | |
| A2 - Pre-clinical Dentistry | 1,137 | -9.3% | ||||
| R9 - Others in European Langs,Lit and related | 1,039 | +23.5% | ||||
| B4 - Nutrition | 1,025 | +5.0% | 21 | |||
| PP - Combinations within Mass Comms & Documentation | 1,022 | +6.7% | 17 | 10 | ||
| D4 - Agriculture | 971 | +19.1% | 716 | +6.5% | 156 | |
| B3 - Complementary Medicine | 963 | -3.7% | 98 | 59 | ||
| M2 - Law by Topic | 959 | +5.6% | 79 | 11 | ||
| D1 - Pre-clinical Veterinary Medicine | 951 | -1.9% | ||||
| L4 - Social Policy | 926 | +17.1% | 370 | 129 | ||
| B5 - Ophthalmics | 845 | +17.7% | 59 | |||
| Q8 - Classical studies | 825 | -6.9% | ||||
| W8 - Imaginative Writing | 773 | +9.5% | 4 | |||
| B6 - Aural and Oral Sciences | 766 | -3.0% | ||||
| QQ - Combinations within Linguistics,Classics & related | 700 | +12.2% | ||||
| Y Combs of phys/math sciences | 688 | -8.5% | 13 | |||
| K4 - Planning (Urban,Rural and Regional) | 677 | +5.5% | 6 | |||
| R1 - French studies | 674 | -6.5% | ||||
| L6 - Anthropology | 657 | -5.1% | ||||
| HH - Combinations within Engineering | 654 | +6.9% | 51 | 8 | ||
| H7 - Production and Manufacturing Engineering | 646 | +3.2% | 6 | |||
| L9 - Others in Social Studies | 635 | +23.3% | 63 | |||
| N6 - Human Resource Management | 609 | +17.8% | 1 | |||
| N9 - Others in Business & Admin Studies | 584 | -14.0% | 14 | |||
| P9 - Others in Mass Comms & Documentation | 553 | -4.2% | 13 | |||
| CC - Combinations within Biological Sciences | 543 | +3.8% | ||||
| W9 - Others in Creative Arts and Design | 530 | +27.4% | 122 | 2 | ||
| FF - Combinations within Physical Sciences | 525 | -3.0% | ||||
| Q1 - Linguistics | 517 | -7.7% | ||||
| T7 - American studies | 499 | -6.9% | ||||
| L0 - Social Studies: any area of study | 472 | -9.8% | 1 | |||
| V4 - Archaeology | 466 | -10.2% | 10 | |||
| W7 - Crafts | 466 | 58 | 7 | |||
| R4 - Spanish studies | 451 | |||||
| P2 - Publicity studies | 443 | 1 | ||||
| MM - Combinations within Law | 407 | 29 | 7 | |||
| C4 - Genetics | 380 | |||||
| Y Combs of engineering/technology | 313 | 5 | ||||
| C5 - Microbiology | 289 | |||||
| XX - Combinations within Education | 282 | 200 | ||||
| R2 - German studies | 279 | |||||
| D6 - Food and Beverage studies | 269 | 118 | 6 | |||
| T9 - Others in non-European Langs & related | 268 | |||||
| J5 - Materials Technology not otherwise spec | 229 | 2 | ||||
| BB - Combinations within Subjects allied to Medicine | 215 | 6 | ||||
| F9 - Others in Physical Sciences | 202 | |||||
| Q2 - Comparative Literary studies | 199 | |||||
| F5 - Astronomy | 191 | |||||
| T1 - Chinese studies | 191 | |||||
| T2 - Japanese studies | 187 | |||||
| J7 - Biotechnology | 176 | 3 | ||||
| Y Combs of engin/tech/building studies | 166 | 4 | 2 | |||
| G3 - Statistics | 157 | 2 | ||||
| K3 - Landscape Design | 153 | 34 | 14 | |||
| Q5 - Celtic studies | 148 | 4 | ||||
| V9 - Others in Hist & Philosophical studies | 125 | |||||
| DD - Combinations within Vet Sci,Ag & related subjects | 122 | 22 | ||||
| H5 - Naval Architecture | 121 | |||||
| R8 - European studies | 118 | |||||
| KK - Combinations within Architecture, Build & Plan | 117 | 13 | ||||
| H0 - Engineering: any area of study | 110 | |||||
| V2 - History by Area | 110 | |||||
| G0 - Mathematical & Comp Sci: any area | 103 | 68 | 1 | |||
| T6 - Modern Middle-Eastern studies | 93 | |||||
| J6 - Maritime Technology | 89 | 20 | ||||
| F0 - Physical Sciences: any area of study | 88 | |||||
| R7 - Russian and East European studies | 86 | |||||
| W0 - Creative Arts & Design: any area | 84 | |||||
| P1 - Information Services | 83 | |||||
| P4 - Publishing | 79 | 22 | ||||
| Z Other courses not elsewhere classified | 76 | 9 | ||||
| J4 - Polymers and Textiles | 76 | 18 | 6 | |||
| G2 - Operational Research | 64 | |||||
| G7 - Artificial Intelligence | 64 | |||||
| Q9 - Others in Linguistics, Classics & related | 64 | |||||
| TT - Combinations within non-European Langs & related | 62 | |||||
| R3 - Italian studies | 59 | |||||
| D5 - Forestry | 56 | 62 | 2 | |||
| D7 - Agricultural Sciences | 55 | 8 | ||||
| R0 - European Langs, Lit & related: any area | 52 | |||||
| T3 - South Asian studies | 52 | |||||
| D9 - Others in Vet Sci, Ag & related subjects | 43 | |||||
| X9 - Others in Education | 41 | 115 | ||||
| X2 - Research and Study Skills in Education | 39 | 33 | ||||
| J1 - Minerals Technology | 36 | |||||
| A9 - Others in Medicine and Dentistry | 28 | 31 | ||||
| J2 - Metallurgy | 26 | |||||
| C0 - Biological Sciences: any area of study | 24 | |||||
| C2 - Botany | 21 | |||||
| T5 - African studies | 21 | |||||
| JJ - Combinations within Technology | 18 | |||||
| T4 - Other Asian studies | 16 | |||||
| Q4 - Ancient Language studies | 14 | |||||
| R6 - Scandinavian studies | 14 | |||||
| H9 - Others in Engineering | 11 | 8 | ||||
| J3 - Ceramics and Glass | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Q6 - Latin studies | 9 | |||||
| N7 - Office Skills | 6 | 7 | ||||
| K9 - Others in Architecture, Build & Plan | 5 | |||||
| G9 - Others in Mathematical & Computer Sci | 3 | |||||
| N0 - Business & Admin studies: any area | 3 | |||||
| Q7 - Classical Greek studies | 2 | |||||
| F2 - Materials Science | 1 | |||||
| Grand Total | 411,846 | +4.9% | 20,242 | +3.3% | 12,695 | -37.4% |
Note that Foundation Year courses are accounted for as Degree. 'Other' includes HND, HNC, Certificates of H.E., Diplomas of H.E. (including those in social work, midwifery and nursing) and some postgraduate courses in social work.
Percentage change is not shown if both the number of 2011 choices AND the number of 2010 choices is less than 500.
Table 5 - Acceptances from applicants with a non-UK area of permanent residence by country (countries having more than 600 acceptances)
| Country | 2011 | 2010 | Percent change |
| China | 4,939 | 5,305 | -6.9% |
| Hong Kong | 2,861 | 2,447 | +16.9% |
| Cyprus | 2,659 | 2,351 | +13.1% |
| Ireland | 2,390 | 3,042 | -21.4% |
| Malaysia | 2,352 | 1,985 | +18.5% |
| France | 2,127 | 2,041 | +4.2% |
| Germany | 2,081 | 2,093 | -0.6% |
| Lithuania | 1,755 | 1,386 | +26.6% |
| Bulgaria | 1,729 | 1,376 | +25.7% |
| Romania | 1,718 | 1,173 | +46.5% |
| Greece | 1,609 | 1,356 | +18.7% |
| Singapore | 1,537 | 1,413 | +8.8% |
| India | 1,375 | 1,412 | -2.6% |
| Norway | 1,206 | 1,060 | +13.8% |
| United States of America | 1,154 | 1,190 | -3.0% |
| Nigeria | 1,086 | 1,166 | -6.9% |
| Italy | 1,073 | 895 | +19.9% |
| Canada | 987 | 937 | +5.3% |
| Spain | 945 | 799 | +18.3% |
| Poland | 902 | 941 | -4.1% |
| Sweden | 821 | 870 | -5.6% |
| Pakistan | 714 | 822 | -13.1% |
| All overseas | 51,917 | 50,703 | +2.4% |