UK Whites Least, Chinese Mostly Likely To Apply For University
educationviews ...Ucas admissions service provide an early analysis of young people applying to start university this autumn ooks at applications from 18-year-olds in England’s state schools – and compares this year’s cohort with 2006. Wealth gap The figures show a substantial increase in university applications among all groups – but with wide variations according to ethnicity and income. Almost 45% of Asian teenagers applied to university, compared with 39% of black teenagers and 31% of white teenagers. This shows that since 2006 black teenagers have overtaken their white counterparts in the proportion applying to university. The proportion of white teenagers has risen from 25% to 31%, but not as quickly as black teenagers, whose application rates rose much more rapidly from 24% to 39%
educationviews ...Ucas admissions service provide an early analysis of young people applying to start university this autumn ooks at applications from 18-year-olds in England’s state schools – and compares this year’s cohort with 2006. Wealth gap The figures show a substantial increase in university applications among all groups – but with wide variations according to ethnicity and income. Almost 45% of Asian teenagers applied to university, compared with 39% of black teenagers and 31% of white teenagers. This shows that since 2006 black teenagers have overtaken their white counterparts in the proportion applying to university. The proportion of white teenagers has risen from 25% to 31%, but not as quickly as black teenagers, whose application rates rose much more rapidly from 24% to 39%
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