Presents an overview of all aspects of higher education in the UK. It draws together data on students, staff and institutional finance, applicants via the Universities and Colleges Admission Service (UCAS), graduates and graduate destinations, student support, and international comparisons. Source agency: Business, Innovation and Skills Designation: National Statistics Language: English Alternative title: Higher Education Statistics for the United Kingdom

United Kingdom UK: Secondary Education: Pupils: % Female data was reported at 49.596 % in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 49.805 % for 2014. United Kingdom UK: Secondary Education: Pupils: % Female data is updated yearly, averaging 49.195 % from Dec 1971 (Median) to 2015, with 45 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 49.921 % in 2013 and a record low of 48.422 % in 1971. United Kingdom UK: Secondary Education: Pupils: % Female data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.World Bank: Education Statistics. Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at secondary level includes enrollments in public and private schools.; ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Weighted average; Each economy is classified based on the classification of World Bank Group's fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018).

United Kingdom UK: Educational Attainment: At Least Bachelor's or Equivalent: Population 25+ Years: Total: % Cumulative data was reported at 29.333 % in 2014. This records an increase from the previous number of 28.388 % for 2013. United Kingdom UK: Educational Attainment: At Least Bachelor's or Equivalent: Population 25+ Years: Total: % Cumulative data is updated yearly, averaging 28.860 % from Dec 2013 (Median) to 2014, with 2 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 29.333 % in 2014 and a record low of 28.388 % in 2013. United Kingdom UK: Educational Attainment: At Least Bachelor's or Equivalent: Population 25+ Years: Total: % Cumulative data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.World Bank: Education Statistics. The percentage of population ages 25 and over that attained or completed Bachelor's or equivalent.; ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; ;

Higher Education Statistics for the UK serves as a quick reference guide to high-level data on all aspects of higher education in the UK.

Higher Education Statistics for the UK includes data collected by HESA (published since 2015/16 as open data) with additional data from the OECD and SLC which is published under copyright. Prior to 2016/17, Higher Education Statistics for the UK was a National Statistics product.

In 2023/24 there were estimated to be over *** million students enrolled in higher education courses in the United Kingdom, compared with 2.94 million in 2022/23, the highest number of enrolled students during this provided time period. Although the number of students in the UK fell from *** million in 2011/12 to **** by 2014/15, this trend reversed in subsequent years, reaching the peak in the most recent year. Largest UK universities At ******* students, the mainly remote, Open University had the largest number of students enrolled among UK-based higher education institutions in 2022/23. University College London had the second-highest number of students at ******, followed by the University of Manchester at ******. At the UK's two oldest and most prestigious universities, Oxford and Cambridge, there were ******, and ****** students respectively. The university with the most students in Scotland was the University of Glasgow at *******students, with Wales' being Cardiff University at ****** students, and Northern Ireland's Ulster University having ****** students. Student Debt in the UK For students that graduated from English universities in 2024, the average student loan debt incurred over the course of their studies was over ****** British pounds. Although students graduated with less debt from universities in Wales, Northern Ireland, and especially Scotland, this too has been growing recently. In 2024, students from Scottish Universities graduated with an average of ****** pounds of debt, compared with ****** in Wales, and ****** in Northern Ireland. The overall outstanding student loan debt in the UK reached over *** billion pounds in 2023/24, with the vast majority of this debt from students who studied in England.

This file contains information on the number of pupils in the UK, by age, sex and school type.

An identifier for institutions in the United Kingdom, used in GRID and ROR.

This statistic shows the number of years of education the average person in the United Kingdom (UK) is expected to undertake over their lifetime from 2013 to 2015. Throughout this period, the expected years of education over lifetime amounted to 17 years.

There were 296 higher education institutions in the United Kingdom in the 2022/23 academic year, compared with the previous year when there were 288.

Number of schools in the United Kingdom by school phase.

This statistic shows the highest level of qualification of people who are not enrolled on any educational course in the United Kingdom (UK) at the second quarter of 2013. The majority of the target group are graduates, followed by people with A levels and A* to C grade GCSE's or equivalents. 9 percent had no qualifications.

This statistic presents the education ratings of multiple regions in the United Kingdom in 2017. In this year the the region that ranked highest for education in the United Kingdom was Greater London, this was followed by the South East of England and Scotland. The region ranked lowest for education was Northern Ireland.

Number of Further and Higher education institutions in the United Kingdom.

Expenditure on education in the United Kingdom by education function, expenditure type and expenditure level.