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Foundation degree report tables - 2009

1. Applications and accepted applicants by course type 2009
Level of course Applications % Accepts %
Degree 2,220,220 93.0% 427,901 88.8%
Foundation degree 66,477 2.8% 25,031 5.2%
HND 19,561 0.8% 8,947 1.9%
Other 81,157 3.4% 19,975 4.1%
Total 2,387,415 100.0% 481,854 100.0%


2. Accepted applicants by gender and course type 2009
Level of course Male % Female % Total %
Degree 197,657 90.6% 230,244 87.3% 427,901 88.8%
Foundation degree 11,884 5.4% 13,147 5.0% 25,031 5.2%
HND 5,458 2.5% 3,489 1.3% 8,947 1.9%
Other 3,186 1.5% 16,789 6.4% 19,975 4.1%
Total 218,185 100.0% 263,669 100.0% 481,854 100.0%


3. Age distribution of accepted applicants by course type 2009
Age Degree Foundation HND Other Total
Under 21 338,980 14,730 6,052 6,724 366,486
21-24 49,752 4,204 1,428 4,084 59,468
25-29 17,664 2,057 620 3,092 23,433
30-34 8,217 1,193 310 2,055 11,775
35-39 5,654 1,018 224 1,752 8,648
40 and over 7,634 1,829 313 2,268 12,044
Total 427,901 25,031 8,947 19,975 481,854


4. Distribution of applications by subject group and course type 2009
JACS2 Subject Group Degree Foundation HND Other Total
Group A Medicine & Dentistry 81,731006881,799
Group B Subjects allied to Medicine 173,9195,41920366,857 246,398
Group C Biological Sciences 181,8303,5531,165203 186,751
Group D Vet Sci,Ag & related 16,4254,42058616021,591
Group F Physical Sciences 80,7606522715381,736
Group G Mathematical & Comp Sci 116,7914,1752,350113 123,429
Group H Engineering118,824 2,5591,33873122,794
Group J Technologies10,498 9872174911,751
Group K Architecture,Build & Plan 48,1361,0291,2853950,489
Group L Social Studies 190,8622,98059611,494 205,932
Group M Law110,500 37418043111,097
Group N Business & Admin studies 268,6208,8377,128512 285,097
Group P Mass Comms and Documentation 50,9131,98618111753,197
Group Q Linguistics, Classics & related 70,0733204070,145
Group R European Langs, Lit & related 24,41400124,415
Group T Non-European Langs and related 7,8160037,819
Group V Hist & Philosophical studies 79,20011107079,381
Group W Creative Arts & Design 215,97916,5233,040463 236,005
Group X Education72,462 2,5474011275,161
Y Combined arts65,970 505329866,605
Y Combined sciences33,278 1,0911924434,605
Y Combined social sciences 32,82322452133,073
Y Sciences combined with social sciences or arts 91,1526,53860327798,570
Y Social sciences combined with arts 59,7061,92513810461,873
Z General, other combined & unknown 17,538101114317,702
Grand total 2,220,22066,47719,561 81,1572,387,415


5. Distribution of accepted applicants by subject group and course type 2009
JACS2 Subject Group Degree Foundation HND Other Total
Group A Medicine & Dentistry 9,21000239,233
Group B Subjects allied to Medicine 29,7111,18916117,110 48,171
Group C Biological Sciences 35,2131,2784689037,049
Group D Vet Sci,Ag & related 3,2671,813444185,542
Group F Physical Sciences 16,8962921132717,328
Group G Mathematical & Comp Sci 25,6911,7581,0147528,538
Group H Engineering23,790 8687603425,452
Group J Technologies2,698 38373233,177
Group K Architecture,Build & Plan 9,2424935282610,289
Group L Social Studies32,941 1,8664321,73836,977
Group M Law21,638 2571293522,059
Group N Business & Admin studies 52,7163,1372,55313958,545
Group P Mass Comms and Documentation 10,382563852711,057
Group Q Linguistics, Classics & related 12,8512503412,910
Group R European Langs, Lit & related 4,6180004,618
Group T Non-European Langs and related 1,4940001,494
Group V Hist & Philosophical studies 14,7287604414,848
Group W Creative Arts & Design 45,2945,4961,44314952,382
Group X Education14,315 1,5781409516,128
Y Combined arts13,303 186133013,532
Y Combined sciences7,259 468125557,907
Y Combined social sciences 5,489118195,617
Y Sciences combined with social sciences or arts 18,3532,23530512321,016
Y Social sciences combined with arts 11,3869491423212,509
Z General, other combined & unknown 5,416318395,476
Grand total 427,90125,0318,947 19,975481,854


6. Distribution of accepted foundation degree applicants by subject group 2009
JACS2 Subject Group Total %
Group W Creative Arts & Design 5,49622.0%
Group N Business & Admin studies 3,13712.5%
Y Sciences combined with social sciences or arts 2,2358.9%
Group L Social Studies1,866 7.5%
Group D Vet Sci,Ag & related 1,8137.2%
Group G Mathematical & Comp Sci 1,7587.0%
Group X Education1,578 6.3%
Group C Biological Sciences 1,2785.1%
Group B Subjects allied to Medicine 1,1894.8%
Y Social sciences combined with arts 9493.8%
Group H Engineering868 3.5%
Group P Mass Comms and Documentation 5632.2%
Group K Architecture,Build & Plan 4932.0%
Y Combined sciences468 1.9%
Group J Technologies383 1.5%
Group F Physical Sciences292 1.2%
Group M Law257 1.0%
Y Combined arts186 0.7%
Y Combined social sciences 1180.5%
Group V Hist & Philosophical studies 760.3%
Group Q Linguistics, Classics & related 250.1%
Z General, other combined & unknown 30.0%
Grand total 25,031100.0%


7. Accepted foundation degree applicants by subject line (top ten) 2009
JACS2 Subject Line Total %
W2 - Design studies1,835 7.33%
Y Combs of science/engineering with arts/humanities/languages 1,4775.90%
N8 - Hospitality, Leisure, Tourism and Transport 1,3255.29%
L5 - Social Work1,205 4.81%
C6 - Sports Science1,084 4.33%
W6 - Cinematics and Photography 1,0724.28%
G4 - Computer Science1,070 4.27%
Y Combs of social studies/bus/law with arts/humanities 9493.79%
X3 - Academic studies in Education 8023.20%
D4 - Agriculture773 3.09%


8. UK domiciled accepted applicants by ethnicity and course type 2009
Ethnicity Degree Foundation Degree HND Other Total
White287,750 17,7065,96414,815326,235
Asian36,0131,454 76593739,169
Black20,9251,236 5022,58125,244
Mixed11,978649 22545513,307
Other3,673184 621374,056
Unknown12,467 3,0011,01457017,052
Grand total 372,80624,2308,532 19,495425,063