Foundation degree report tables - 2008

1. Applications and accepted applicants by course type, 2008

Level of Course	Applications	%	Accepts	%
Degree	2,053,345	93.5%	408,813	89.5%
Foundation Degree	55,188	2.5%	21,347	4.7%
HND	20,706	0.9%	8,821	1.9%
Other	66,398	3.0%	8,821	3.9%
Total	2,195,637	100.0%	456,627	100.0%

2. Accepted applicants by gender and course type, 2008

Level of Course	Male	%	Female	%	Total	%
Degree	186,791	91.3%	222,022	88.1%	408,813	89.5%
Foundation Degree	10,012	4.9%	11,335	4.5%	21,347	4.7%
HND	5,354	2.6%	3,467	1.4%	8,821	1.9%
Other	2,538	1.2%	15,108	6.0%	17,646	3.9%
Total	204,695	100.0%	251,932	100.0%	456,627	100.0%

3. Age distribution of accepted applicants by course type, 2008

Age	Degree	Foundation	HND	Other	Total
Under 21	325,417	12,560	5,857	6,429	350,263
21-24	46,291	3,573	1,457	3,600	54,921
25-29	16,777	1,699	623	2,770	21,869
30-34	7,647	989	346	1,734	10,716
35-39	5,493	963	211	1,446	8,113
40 and over	7,188	1,563	327	1,667	10,745
Total	408,813	21,347	8,821	17,646	456,627

4. Distribution of applications by subject group and course type, 2008

JACS2 Subject Group	Degree	Foundation	HND	Other	Total
Group A Medicine & Dentistry	79,729	0	0	79	79,808
Group B Subjects allied to Medicine	155,730	4,609	231	53,872	214,442
Group C Biological Sciences	169,333	2,820	1,187	155	173,495
Group D Vet Sci,Ag & related	15,202	3,483	570	90	19,345
Group F Physical Sciences	76,983	436	243	56	77,718
Group G Mathematical & Comp Sci	105,649	3,729	2,455	80	111,913
Group H Engineering	104,605	2,026	1,429	34	108,094
Group J Technologies	9,219	980	335	66	10,600
Group K Architecture,Build & Plan	47,526	897	1,386	24	49,833
Group L Social Studies	174,506	2,143	513	9,943	187,105
Group M Law	104,254	336	142	56	104,788
Group N Business & Admin studies	249,940	7,489	7,638	452	265,519
Group P Mass Comms and Documentation	45,691	1,960	199	47	47,897
Group Q Linguistics, Classics & related	66,179	20	0	42	66,241
Group R European Langs, Lit & related	23,752	0	0	0	23,752
Group T Non-European Langs and related	7,599	4	0	1	7,604
Group V Hist & Philosophical studies	73,648	72	0	71	73,791
Group W Creative Arts & Design	197,810	13,700	3,238	581	215,329
Group X Education	67,435	2,140	79	91	69,745
Y Combined arts	61,366	317	27	93	61,803
Y Combined sciences	29,909	873	213	44	31,039
Y Combined social sciences	31,066	166	12	10	31,254
Y Sciences combined with social sciences or arts	84,013	5,137	651	244	90,045
Y Social sciences combined with arts	55,939	1,839	144	96	58,018
Z General, other combined & unknown	16,262	12	14	171	16,459
Grand Total	2,053,345	55,188	20,706	66,398	2,195,637

5. Distribution of accepted applicants by subject group and course type, 2008

JACS2 Subject Group	Degree	Foundation	HND	Other	Total
Group A Medicine & Dentistry	9,234	0	0	24	9,258
Group B Subjects allied to Medicine	27,100	1,004	167	15,004	43,275
Group C Biological Sciences	33,960	1,107	471	60	35,598
Group D Vet Sci,Ag & related	2,974	1,519	437	18	4,948
Group F Physical Sciences	16,202	193	111	17	16,523
Group G Mathematical & Comp Sci	23,852	1,531	1,052	37	26,472
Group H Engineering	22,107	697	693	22	23,519
Group J Technologies	2,424	421	95	28	2,968
Group K Architecture,Build & Plan	9,335	358	605	35	10,333
Group L Social Studies	31,725	1,398	327	1,696	35,146
Group M Law	20,901	204	72	19	21,196
Group N Business & Admin studies	50,538	2,613	2,621	120	55,892
Group P Mass Comms and Documentation	9,792	560	80	24	10,456
Group Q Linguistics, Classics & related	12,396	19	0	41	12,456
Group R European Langs, Lit & related	4,651	0	0	0	4,651
Group T Non-European Langs and related	1,557	1	0	0	1,558
Group V Hist & Philosophical studies	14,357	69	0	38	14,464
Group W Creative Arts & Design	42,615	5,016	1,373	184	49,188
Group X Education	13,675	1,549	159	75	15,458
Y Combined arts	12,788	140	16	35	12,979
Y Combined sciences	6,824	378	96	22	7,320
Y Combined social sciences	5,681	72	3	6	5,762
Y Sciences combined with social sciences or arts	17,979	1,795	297	78	20,149
Y Social sciences combined with arts	10,857	694	136	26	11,713
Z General, other combined & unknown	5,289	9	10	37	5,345
Grand Total	408,813	21,347	8,821	17,646	456,627

6. Distribution of accepted foundation degree applicants by subject group, 2008

JACS2 Subject Group	Total	%
Group W Creative Arts & Design	5,016	23.5%
Group N Business & Admin studies	2,613	12.2%
Y Sciences combined with social sciences or arts	1,795	8.4%
Group X Education	1,549	7.3%
Group G Mathematical & Comp Sci	1,531	7.2%
Group D Vet Sci,Ag & related	1,519	7.1%
Group L Social Studies	1,398	6.5%
Group C Biological Sciences	1,107	5.2%
Group B Subjects allied to Medicine	1,004	4.7%
Group H Engineering	697	3.3%
Y Social sciences combined with arts	694	3.3%
Group P Mass Comms and Documentation	560	2.6%
Group J Technologies	421	2.0%
Y Combined sciences	378	1.8%
Group K Architecture,Build & Plan	358	1.7%
Group M Law	204	1.0%
Group F Physical Sciences	193	0.9%
Y Combined arts	140	0.7%
Y Combined social sciences	72	0.3%
Group V Hist & Philosophical studies	69	0.3%
Group Q Linguistics, Classics & related	19	0.1%
Z General, other combined & unknown	9	0.0%
Group T Non-European Langs and related	1	0.0%
Grand Total	21,347	100.0%

7. Accepted foundation degree applicants by subject line (top ten), 2008

JACS2 Subject Line	Total	%
W2 - Design studies	1,706	7.99%
Y Combs of science/engineering with arts/humanities/languages	1,133	5.31%
N8 - Hospitality, Leisure, Tourism and Transport	1,128	5.28%
L5 - Social Work	1,005	4.71%
G4 - Computer Science	990	4.64%
C6 - Sports Science	924	4.33%
W6 - Cinematics and Photography	855	4.01%
X3 - Academic studies in Education	822	3.85%
D3 - Animal Science	713	3.34%
Y Combs of social studies/bus/law with arts/humanities	694	3.25%

8. UK domiciled Accepted applicants by Ethnicity and course type 2008

Ethnicity	Degree	Foundation Degree	HND	Other	Total
White	272,650	14,831	5,623	12,939	306,043
Asian	34,641	1,120	778	747	37,286
Black	19,273	1,032	493	2,216	23,014
Mixed	10,958	546	186	449	12,139
Other	3,553	154	62	109	3,878
Unknown	17,455	3,001	1,252	956	22,664
Grand Total	358,530	20,684	8,394	17,416	405,024