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Analysis of UCAS January deadline application rates by country

UCAS, January 2012

Key points

  • UCAS January deadline application rates show cycle to cycle changes in demand for entry to UCAS member institutions
  • This note reports application rate trends of 18 year olds (by country, sex and an area-based measure of advantage) and for 21 to 24 year olds (by country).
  • Application rates for 18 year olds are an important guide to demand for higher education as they have generally not previously had the opportunity to apply.
  • In England application rates for 18 year olds have decreased by around one percentage point in 2012 compared to a trend of increases of around one per cent annually since 2006
  • There is little change in application rates for 18 year olds in 2012 for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
  • The application rate of 18 year old men in 2012 has decreased and the difference in application rates between men and women has increased
  • The application rate for 18 year olds from the most disadvantaged areas in England has decreased slightly in 2012. There has been a larger decrease in the application rate from the most advantaged areas. Both of these decreases follow a trend of annual increases since 2006.
  • There is no clear change from trend in 2012 in the application rates of 18 year olds from advantaged and disadvantaged areas in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
  • There is no above trend increase in the 18 year old application rates in 2011 that would suggest that that people who would have normally applied aged 19 in 2012 applied aged 18 in 2011 instead.
  • The application rate for 21 to 24 year olds in England has decreased in 2012. This decrease (and a smaller decrease in 2011) follows a large increase in 2010.

View the full Analysis of UCAS January deadline application rates by country document

Data files for the figures in the application rate report

Figure 1: January deadline application rates for 18 year olds by country data files are available here

Figure 1: January deadline application rates for 18 year olds by country

Figure 2: January deadline application rates for 18 year olds by sex and country data files are available here

Figure 2: January deadline application rates for 18 year olds by sex and country

Figures 3 and 4: January deadline application rates for 18 year olds (most disadvantaged areas/most advantaged areas)
data files are available here

Figures 3: January deadline application rates for 18 year olds (most disadvantaged areas)

Figures 4: January deadline application rates for 18 year olds (most disadvantaged areas)

Figure 5: January deadline application rates for 21 to 24 year olds data files are available here

Figure 5: January deadline application rates for 21 to 24 year olds



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