UK universities have offered a record number of places to school-leavers this year, with nearly all students who applied receiving at least one offer.
New data from Ucas show universities and colleges have made 1.3 million offers to UK-based 18-year-olds, up from 1.2 million last year.
Some 333,460 – equivalent to 99 per cent – of school-leavers who applied by the January deadline received at least one offer.
The total number of 18-year-olds seeking a university or college place through Ucas, including those who applied before the 30 June deadline, rose 5 per cent to 344,760, marking a second year of record figures.
The rise reflects the increase in the number of 18-year-olds in the population, Ucas said, with 41.4 per cent of this group applying to universities and colleges. The figures come despite increased tuition fees and mounting concerns about graduate debt levels.
