UK Nation and Region

This page breaks down Oxford’s UK-domiciled undergraduate student total to show the regional distribution of the University’s applicants, offer-holders and admitted students.

  • The regional distribution of admissions to Oxford reflects population size, achievement in school and application numbers.
  • London and the South East made up 47.2% of UK applications between 2020 and 2022, and 47.6% of students admitted; the rest of the UK made up 52.8% of applications and 52.4% of students admitted.

Applications to Oxford, offers made and students admitted by UK region and nation, three-year total 2020–2022

 Applications
OffersStudents admittedProportion of Total UK ApplicantsProportion of Total UK Students admittedRegion’s share of AAA* Students4

North East

950

208

199

2.2%

2.4%

2.8%

North West

3,470

682

652

8.1%

8.0%

9.4%

Yorkshire and The Humber

2,265

447

425

5.3%

5.2%

6.4%

East Midlands

1,960

396

374

4.6%

4.6%

5.9%

West Midlands

3,154

608

569

7.4%

6.9%

7.3%

East of England

3,924

811

775

9.2%

9.5%

10.0%

London

11,549

2,370

2,265

27.0%

27.6%

19.5%

South East

8,688

1,709

1,635

20.3%

19.9%

17.6%

South West

4,120

880

833

9.6%

10.2%

7.9%

Wales

1,536

264

251

3.6%

3.1%

4.1%

Northern Ireland

367

72

71

0.9%

0.9%

4.3%

Scotland

848

156

147

2.0%

1.8%

4.8%

Total42,8318,6038,196 

4. See Context diagram below.

Line charts showing order from highest to lowest numbers of students from the following regions: Greater London, South East, South West, Eastern, North West, West Midlands, Yorkshire & the Humber, East Midlands, Wales, North East, Scotland, Northern Irela

Context

Size bubble diagram and UK region map showing order from highest to lowest numbers of students from the following regions: Greater London, South East, South West, Eastern, North West, West Midlands, Yorkshire & the Humber, East Midlands, Wales, North East

*First-year, first-degree, UK-domiciled undergraduate students, academic year 2020/21. Includes equivalent Scottish qualifications. See note on HESA data for full citation.

For further information on all Oxford's admissions statistics, including by course and by college, please read the Annual Admissions Statistical Report.

You may also be interested to see detailed statistics relating to UK regions,  Local Authority areas and Parliamentary Constituencies

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