Editing University of St Andrews (section)

===Admissions===
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|+UCAS Admission Statistics
!
!2024
!2023
!2022
!2021
!2020
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| '''Applications'''{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme}}<ref name=UCASEoC>{{cite web |title=UCAS Undergraduate Sector-Level End of Cycle Data Resources 2024 |url=https://www.ucas.com/data-and-analysis/undergraduate-statistics-and-reports/ucas-undergraduate-end-cycle-data-resources-2024 |at=Show me... Domicile by Provider |website=ucas.com |date=December 2024 |publisher=UCAS |access-date=7 February 2025}}</ref>
| 18,520
| 18,740
| 21,680
| 21,405
| 20,580
|-
| '''Accepted'''{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme}}<ref name=UCASEoC/>
| 1,910
| 1,765
| 1,955
| 1,820
| 2,245
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| '''Applications/Accepted Ratio'''{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme}}
| 9.7
| 10.6
| 11.1
| 11.8
| 9.2
|-
| '''Offer Rate (%)'''{{efn-lg|name=ukjune}}<ref name="UCAS Offer Rate">{{cite web|title=2024 entry UCAS Undergraduate reports by sex, area background, and ethnic group|date=7 February 2025|url=https://www.ucas.com/data-and-analysis/undergraduate-statistics-and-reports/ucas-undergraduate-end-cycle-data-resources-2024/2024-entry-ucas-undergraduate-reports-sex-area-background-and-ethnic-group|publisher=[[UCAS]]|access-date=7 February 2025}}</ref>
| 30.0
| 26.6
| 24.7
| 25.0
| 41.0
|-
| '''[[UCAS Tariff|Average Entry Tariff]]'''<ref name="CUG Entry">{{Cite web | url=https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?tabletype=full-table&sortby=entry-standards | title=University League Tables entry standards 2024 | work=The Complete University Guide | access-date=23 July 2023 }}</ref>
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{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme|Main scheme applications, International and UK}}
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|+ class="nowrap" |HESA Student Body Composition (2023/24)
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!Domicile<ref name="Table 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-1|title=HE student enrolments by HE provider, permanent address, level of study, mode of study, entrant marker, sex and academic year|publisher=[[Higher Education Statistics Agency|HESA]]|access-date=3 April 2025}}</ref> and Ethnicity<ref name="HESA ethnicity">{{cite web|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/whos-in-he/characteristics|title=Who's studying in HE?: Personal characteristics|date=3 April 2025|publisher=[[Higher Education Statistics Agency|HESA]]|access-date=3 April 2025}}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
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|[[White people in the United Kingdom|British White]]{{efn|Not be confused solely with [[White British]]}}
|align=right| {{bartable|43|%|2||background:red}}
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|[[Classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom#Collective terms for minority ethnic groups|British Ethnic Minorities]]{{efn|Includes those who indicate that they identify as [[British Asian|Asian]], [[Black British people|Black]], [[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|Mixed Heritage]], [[British Arabs|Arab]] or any other ethnicity except White.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|10|%|2||background:green}}
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|[[European Union|International EU]]
|align=right| {{bartable|8|%|2||background:blue}}
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|[[International students in the United Kingdom|International Non-EU]]
|align=right| {{bartable|39|%|2||background:gray}}
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! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |Undergraduate [[Widening participation|Widening Participation]] Indicators<ref name="Table 1"/><ref name="Times25">{{cite web |date=24 September 2024 |title=Good University Guide: Social Inclusion Ranking |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk-university-rankings/league-table |work=[[The Times]]}}</ref>
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|[[Feminism in the United Kingdom#Education|Female]]
|align=right| {{bartable|61|%|2||background:purple}}
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|[[Private schools in the United Kingdom|Independent School]]
|align=right| {{bartable|36|%|2||background:orange}}
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|Low Participation Areas{{efn|Calculated from the Polar4 measure, using Quintile1, in England and Wales. Calculated from the [[Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation]] (SIMD) measure, using SIMD20, in Scotland.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|15|%|2||background:black}}
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The university receives applications mainly through [[UCAS]] and the [[Common Application]] with the latest figures showing that there are generally 12 applications per undergraduate place available.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/education/scottish-universities-see-a-rise-in-applications-from-the-rest-of-the-uk-1.66743 |title=Scottish universities see a rise in applications from the rest of the UK |work=The Courier |date=31 January 2013 |access-date=19 May 2014 |archive-date=12 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712144324/http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/education/scottish-universities-see-a-rise-in-applications-from-the-rest-of-the-uk-1.66743 |url-status=live }}</ref> According to 2022 UCAS figures, the university had an offer rate of 24.7% for undergraduate applicants – the third lowest amongst higher education institutions (behind only Oxford and Cambridge).<ref name="offer rate22">{{cite news|title=Cambridge to scrap ‘unjust’ state school targets|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/11/cambridge-to-scrap-state-school-targets/|publisher=The Telegraph|access-date=11 March 2024|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240331190103/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/11/cambridge-to-scrap-state-school-targets/|archive-date=31 March 2024}}</ref> The university is one of the most competitive universities to gain admission into, with successful undergraduate entrants holding 212 UCAS points (the equivalent of just under A*A*A*A at A Level) ranking it as the highest amongst higher education institutions in the UK for the 2021 admissions cycle.<ref name="CUG Entry"/> The standard offer of a place tends to require five best Highers equivalent to AAAAB, three best A-levels equivalent to AAA or a score of at least 38 points on the International Baccalaureate.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?o=Entry |title=Top UK University League Tables and Rankings 2013 |work=The Complete University Guide |access-date=6 June 2012 |archive-date=6 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140406172723/http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?o=Entry |url-status=dead }}</ref> For 2016–17, the acceptance rate was 8.35% and the offer rate was 22.5% for Scottish/EU applicants where places are capped by the [[Scottish Funding Council|Scottish Government]].<ref name="sta admissions">{{Cite web|url=http://theuniversitybuzz.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/university-of-st-andrews-2012-13-entry.html|title=University of St Andrews Entry UCAS Home Application Summary|website=theuniversitybuzz.blogspot.co.uk|access-date=3 August 2015|archive-date=25 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025163331/http://theuniversitybuzz.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/university-of-st-andrews-2012-13-entry.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14612463.St_Andrews_University_hits_out_at_claims_it__quot_prefers_quot__fee_paying_students_from_England_over_Scots/?ref=twtrec|title=St Andrews University hits out at claims it "prefers" fee-paying students from England over Scots|work=The Herald|date=11 July 2016|access-date=12 July 2016|archive-date=17 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817141443/http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14612463.St_Andrews_University_hits_out_at_claims_it__quot_prefers_quot__fee_paying_students_from_England_over_Scots/?ref=twtrec|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, the most competitive courses for Scottish/EU applicants were those within the Schools of International Relations, Management, and Economics and Finance with offer rates of 8.0%, 10.9% and 11.5% respectively.<ref name="sta admissions" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=St Andrews 600 Quick Facts|url=https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/media/600th-old/documents/st-andrews-600-quick-facts.pdf |publisher=University of St Andrews|access-date=31 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127024419/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/media/600th-old/documents/st-andrews-600-quick-facts.pdf|archive-date=27 January 2013 }}</ref> 

The university hosts the most ethnically diverse student population out of all universities in Scotland, with 17.4% of students from an ethnic minority background and has a higher proportion of female than male students with a female ratio of 59.7% in the undergraduate population.<ref>{{cite web |title=Good University Guide: University of St Andrews |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk-university-rankings/university-of-st-andrews |publisher=The Times and Sunday Times |access-date=21 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/media/human-resources/equalitydiversity/reports/Equality-Mainstreaming-Interim-Report-30April2019-Final.pdf|title=Equality Mainstreaming Interim Report (2017–2021)|website=University of St Andrews|page=62|access-date=6 October 2019|archive-date=27 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027094911/https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/media/human-resources/equalitydiversity/reports/Equality-Mainstreaming-Interim-Report-30April2019-Final.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Under 40% of the student body is from [[Private schools in the United Kingdom|private schools]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/pdfs/stug09/loweststateschoolintake.pdf |title=Lowest state school intake |work=The Times |date=22 May 2012 |access-date=6 June 2012 |archive-date=28 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728045641/http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/pdfs/stug09/loweststateschoolintake.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the university has one of the smallest percentages of students (13%) from lower income backgrounds, out of all higher education institutions in the UK.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/pdfs/stug09/mostmiddleclass.pdf |title=Most middle class |work=The Times |access-date=6 June 2012 |archive-date=28 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728044940/http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/pdfs/stug09/mostmiddleclass.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="times_access_agenda">{{Cite web|url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=209682&sectioncode=26|title=Access agenda is now back on track|work=The Times|date=20 July 2007|location=UK|access-date=25 November 2008|archive-date=21 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521162647/http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=209682&sectioncode=26|url-status=live}}</ref> According to data from UCAS, St Andrews' offer rate to students from the most deprived areas (as measured by SIMD20) has increased from 28% in 2010 to 72.1% for entry in 2022, almost three times higher than the university's overall offer rate for all students.{{refn|Tableau Graph<ref name=Tableau>{{cite web|url=https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/david.kernohan/viz/SIMDQ5/Dashboard1|title=UCAS offer rate, SIMD 2016 Q1|access-date=24 February 2023|archive-date=24 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224223157/https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/david.kernohan/viz/SIMDQ5/Dashboard1|url-status=live}}</ref> WonkHe: Nicola Sturgeon's higher education legacy<ref name="SIMD20 UCAS">{{cite web|url=https://wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/nicola-sturgeons-higher-education-legacy/|title=Nicola Sturgeon's higher education legacy|publisher=wonkhe|access-date=24 February 2023|archive-date=24 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224124953/https://wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/nicola-sturgeons-higher-education-legacy/|url-status=live}}</ref>}} The university participates in widening access schemes such as the [[Sutton Trust]] Summer School, First Chances Programme, REACH & SWAP Scotland, and Access for Rural Communities (ARC) in order to promote a more widespread uptake of those traditionally under-represented at university.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/access/school-college-projects/|title=Our projects&nbsp;— University of St Andrews|website=www.st-andrews.ac.uk|access-date=18 June 2015|archive-date=22 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122031009/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/access/school-college-projects/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the seven-year period between 2008 and 2015, the number of pupils engaged with annual outreach programmes at the university has increased by about tenfold whilst the number of students arriving at St Andrews from the most deprived backgrounds has increased by almost 50 per cent in the past year of 2015.<ref name="Raising aspirations and attainment">{{Cite web|title=Raising aspirations and attainment|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/news/archive/2015/title,260262,en.php|access-date=17 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619044153/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/news/archive/2015/title,260262,en.php|archive-date=19 June 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>