Data solutions
Explore how UCAS’ data-driven insights can help solve the higher education challenges your organisation is facing.
Why UCAS?
As the student recruitment and admissions specialists, we gather vast volumes of data from across the sector.
We combine our data, student behaviour, and sector expertise into a range of powerful solutions.
From ready-to-use products to bespoke consultancy, we're here to help you tackle even your most complex challenges. We enable you to take action – from quick-win plans to long-term strategies.
Our insights, reports, and recommendations are underpinned by raw EXACT data, so you can trust them to deliver results every time.
Our solutions are designed to help you focus your efforts and budget. Using our data, insights, and recommendations, you can target your activties and allocate spend where you know it will get the best return on invetsment.
Choices – assessing your portfolio
Your portfolio needs to be future proof. We’ll help you take stock of your offering, assess specific courses, and make informed decisions about your course strategies.Course feasibility
£2,100 per keyword report (discount for multiple)
Make sure your new course ideas have a market. Get insight on market health, supply and demand, and course size prediction – and launch with confidence.
Course review
£5,500 per keyword
Develop and enhance your understanding of your portfolio. Get data-led insight to assess the feasibility of existing courses.
Competition – understanding the market
To succeed, you really need to understand the competition. We’ll show you how your top and emerging competitors are impacting your performance. And we’ll give you actionable insights that will enable you to seize the advantage.Competitor Insight Dashboard
£5,700
See how you rank against your competitors – interactive dashboards to help you sharpen your view and fine-tune your strategies down to subject level.
Student Decision Reports – Competitor Package
£10,000
Find out why your competitors are gaining traction in specific subjects, or discover how perceptions have evolved compared to the competition. Created as bespoke reports, we'll identify where you can take action to improve future perceptions.
Nicol Mellis, Market Research Officer, University of Aberdeen
"The easy-to-use functionality has allowed us to roll the product out widely across the institution, ensuring more decisions are based on actionable data insight."
Connections – reaching the right students
We can help you reach your ideal candidates. We provide the insights you need to identify applicants who meet your recruitment strategies.
Outreach Evaluator (STROBE)
Free basic access
Review your widening participation effectiveness, events impact, and competitor performance by tracking individuals in the UCAS application system.
Ashleigh Little, Head of Student Recruitment, University of Sunderland
“The Leaky Hosepipe Project identified leaks in our recruitment pipeline that we had never realised we had. Its enabled us to reshape our recruitment strategy, increase our event conversion rates and understand the student decisions process in a lot more depth.”
Conversions – maximising every stage
Wondering what’s stopping students from choosing you? We’ll help you understand your drop-off data and assess your applicants’ experiences, so you can maximise conversion at every stage of the process.Student Decision Reports
From £250
The only way to find out why students did (or didn’t) choose you. In-the-moment feedback as students reply to their offers – created as bespoke reports for you.
UCAS Tracker
Free standard access. Enhanced access pricing varies on your 2024 acceptances.
Track year-on-year progress with unrivalled in-cycled insights. Get an early understanding of your application and decision-making activities so you can allocate resources in the right places. .
Bespoke consultancy – solving unique challenges
Our consultancy offer brings the data to life – we do the analysis on your behalf, so at the end of a project you’re presented with insights, recommendations, and action plans to implement immediately.
Harness the power of raw data
Raw data – EXACT
From £250
The sector’s richest and most up-to-date admissions data. Unique access to billions of data combinations to understand your market and competition.
Find out more about EXACT
Provider EXACT Record Supply (PERS)
Part of capitation fee
Regular snapshots of your recruitment position, helping you understand in-cycle performance, using EXACT raw data.
Find out more about PERS
Online data resources
Our online data resources are designed to keep you up-to-date.
From regular updates during the cycle, to daily updates during the Clearing period, we give you the data so you’re fully informed. Resources are available in both downloadable CSV and dashboard format.
Explore our online data resources
Talk to us about our data solutions
Contact us below or get in touch with your UCAS Customer Manager.
They'll be able to talk to you about how to make the most of our data solutions and help solve the challenges facing your organisation.