Higher Education: York

(asked on 27th June 2014) - View Source

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many UCAS applications there were to (a) the University of York and (b) University of York St John in 2008-09 and in each year since then.


Answered by
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Lord Willetts
This question was answered on 7th July 2014

The latest information is shown in the following table. UCAS have not released any data on applications to individual institutions for the 2014 applications cycle but the latest figures for total applicants to all UK institutions (published on 29 May 2014) show that they have risen by 4%, compared to the same point in 2013.

UCAS main scheme applications to University of York and York St John University, 2008 to 2013

Full-time undergraduate courses

Year of entry

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

University of York

18,434

21,543

24,548

23,725

23,570

25,030

York St John University

5,541

6,194

7,685

8,657

9,600

9,700

Source: UCAS

1. Each applicant can submit up to five applications.

2. Figures cover applicants who applied during the main UCAS application scheme which closes on June 30th. Applicants who subsequently applied during clearing are not included.

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