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Higher Education Student Statistics: UK, 2016/17

More than one in four UK students graduated from university with a first-class degree last year, according to this Statistical First Release by the Higher Education Statistics Agency. Leadership Briefing 12.05 (137)

In 2012-13, the first year higher fees were charged, 18% got a first. Overall, 26% of graduates who completed their first undergraduate degree in the 2016-17 academic year achieved a first.

The data, published by HESA, also shows a hike in the proportion gaining an upper second (2:1) or above, with three in four (75%) making the grade.

This was up from just over two-thirds (68%) in 2012-13.

The figures show women were more likely to graduate with a first or upper second than men (77% compared with 72%).

Those who studied full time were also more likely to obtain one of these results, at 76%, compared with 54% of part-time students.

There were also regional differences, with 75% of students at English universities gaining a first or 2:1, 78% in Scotland, 71% in Wales and 76% in Northern Ireland.

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