UTME 2015:ANALYSIS OF

APPLICATION

Analysis of Candidates’ choice by:

OBJECTIVE

SCHOOLCOURSE

OF STUDYSTATE

School - Institution which Candidates

applied to.

Course of Study –Course which

Candidates applied to study.

State – Location of the school

candidates applied to.

SCHOOL

OWNER TOTAL

Federal 40

Private 48

State 38

TOTAL 126

Schools in Nigeria are owned or

managed by Federal government,

State government or Private

organizations. In the 2015 Unified

Tertiary Matriculation Examination

(UTME), Candidates applied to a

total of 126 Universities.

1,475,513 (1.4755m) Candidates applied to study in

different Universities in Nigeria. However, it is on record

that the Nigerian university system has a carrying capacity

of a little above 530,000 Students. This implies that the

System can only accommodate just about 30% of all these

Candidates. It is however not established if this is why this

year records the lowest application in five years.

SCHOOL – School : Candidate RatioUTME Year No. of University Candidate University : Candidate

2011 112 1,493,505 1 : 13,335

2012 115 1,503,933 1 : 13,078

2013 121 1,735,729 1 : 14,227

2014 126 1,632,160 1 : 12,954

2015 126 1,475,513 1 : 11,710

FEDERAL STATE PRIVATE

Year Uni Cand. Ratio

2011 36 1,066,365 1 : 29,621

2012 35 774,017 1 : 22,115

2013 37 886,275 1 : 23,953

2014 40 1,094,567 1 : 27,364

2015 40 997,631 1 : 24,941

Year Uni Cand. Ratio

2011 34 416,273 1 : 12,243

2012 36 709,317 1 : 19,703

2013 37 824,413 1 : 22,281

2014 37 509,964 1 : 13,783

2015 38 464,978 1 : 12,236

Year Uni Cand. Ratio

2011 42 10,867 1 : 259

2012 44 20,597 1 : 468

2013 47 20,763 1 : 433

2014 49 18,656 1 : 381

2015 48 12,725 1 : 265

SCHOOL – Most Sought AfterNO.INSTITUTION TOTAL

1 UNILORIN 107,488

2 UNIBEN 71,496

3 UNIZIK 70,609

4 UNN 66,788

5 UNILAG 62,471

6 ABU 60,237

7 UI 47,497

8 BAYERO 46,801

9 OAU 43,965

10 UNIUYO 41,645

11 UNIJOS 41,286

12 IMSU 39,144

13 NASU 34,553

14 UNIPORT 34,011

15 DELSU 29,298

16 BENSU 29,050

17 UNICAL 28,106

18 KADSU 27,059

19 KOGSU 25,288

20 EKPOMA 25,194

According to UTME 2015 application records; the

University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) is the most sought

after University in Nigeria with 107,488.

In UTME 2014, UNILORIN also achieved this feat

with 109,484 applications.

This has made UNILORIN to be the only University in

Nigeria that has generated the most interest in

Candidates, crossing the 100,000 mark for the

second consecutive year.

UNILORIN – BETTER BY FAR!

INSTITUTION 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

UNILORIN 64,261 78,265 94,869 109,484 107,488Total 1,493,505 1,503,933 1,735,729 1,632,160 1,475,513

UNILORIN % 4.30% 5.20% 5.47% 6.71% 7.28%

THE ABOVE REPRESENTS THE CONTRIBUTION OF UNILORINCANDIDATES TO NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES;

UNILORIN MOVED FROM 4.3% IN 2011 TO 7.28% IN 2015.

SCHOOL – Most Sought AfterNO. INSTITUTION 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 AVG

1 UNILORIN 64,261 78,265 94,869 109,484 107,488 90,8732 UNIBEN 74,269 80,216 98,975 76,928 71,496 80,3773 UNIZIK 80,275 82,384 88,087 77,626 70,609 79,7964 UNILAG 94,078 84,326 86,850 61,930 62,471 77,9315 UNN 82,043 79,842 80,785 69,838 66,788 75,8596 ABU 89,310 60,691 59,427 52,533 60,237 64,4407 OAU 69,498 65,653 69,856 60,402 43,965 61,8758 UNIPORT 64,160 48,850 43,115 38,001 34,011 45,6279 UI 46,102 40,547 50,274 42,340 47,497 45,352

10 UNIUYO 42,086 45,851 52,359 41,947 41,645 44,77811 BAYERO 43,054 37,890 50,037 40,195 46,801 43,59512 IMSU 14,029 43,503 53,368 45,761 39,144 39,16113 UNIJOS 27,616 33,776 38,000 44,845 41,286 37,10514 NASU 33,162 39,773 47,523 27,305 34,553 36,46315 DELSU 41,522 36,177 39,669 34,208 29,298 36,17516 UNICAL 39,000 34,191 40,050 33,931 28,106 35,05617 KOGSU 30,118 33,335 40,238 35,111 25,288 32,81818 BENSU 31,958 30,927 35,319 32,062 29,050 31,86319 EKPOMA 20,679 21,653 29,239 28,567 25,194 25,06620 KADSU 18,969 20,691 26,590 24,196 27,059 23,501

SCHOOL – Most Sought After

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80,000

100,000

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UNILORIN UNIBEN UNIZIK UNILAG UNN ABU OAU UNIPORT UI UNIUYO

UTME APPLICATION (2011 – 2015)

2011 2012 2013

2014 2015

COURSE OF STUDY

These courses are grouped into the following categories:

There are over 500 courses in Nigerian Universities; Unlike past

UTME where candidates have the opportunity to select First &

Second choice of Course of Study, starting from the last UTME

(2013/2014), the option has been limited to only one.

Administration

Agriculture

Arts

Education

Engineering

Environmental Sciences

Law

Medicine

Science

Social Science

COURSE OF STUDY – By Faculty

Faculty 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Administration 326,387 289,300 225,225 187,082 206,267

Agriculture 23,255 28,726 38,056 36,037 28,372

Arts 72,736 64,649 124,653 114,098 86,151

Education 60,293 68,611 70,037 83,260 71,007

Engineering 172,921 173,942 192,377 182,124 171,767

Environmental Sciences

23,771 28,007 31,055 32,293 32,791

Law 81,396 87,800 98,545 93,222 91,385

Medicine 215,098 232,945 276,263 285,076 289,689

Science 214,419 211,956 243,325 237,783 204,462

Social Science 289,560 313,766 418,273 381,180 293,611

Affiliated institutions not considered in this calculation.

COURSE OF STUDY – Most Sought After

2011

1st – Medicine & Surgery

2nd – Accounting

3rd – Economics

4th – Business Administration

5th – Mass Communication

20152012

2013 2014

1st – Medicine And Surgery

2nd – Economics

3rd – Accounting

4th – Business Administration

5th – Mass Communication

1st – Medicine And Surgery

2nd – Accounting

3rd – Economics

4th – Nursing

5th – Mass Communication

COURSE OF STUDY – Most Sought AfterSummary –

Medicine & Surgery is the most sought after course in Nigeria.

Economics emerged in the second position on three occasions

in 2012, 2013, and 2014; and came third in 2011 and 2015.

Accounting came second in 2011 and 2015, but maintained

third place in 2012, 2013, and 2014.

Business Administration maintained the number 4th position

from 2011 to 2014, but was edged out in 2015.

Mass Communication is the 5th most sought after course,

maintaining same position from 2011 to 2015.

MEDICINE & SURGERY ECONOMICS

ACCOUNTING BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MASS

COMMUNICATION

12

34

5

2012

COURSE OF STUDY – SchoolMedicine & Surgery

Accounting

Economics

Business Administration

Mass Communication

ABU

OAU

UNIZIK

UNILAG

UNILAG

Medicine & Surgery

Economics

Accounting

Business Administration

Mass Communication

UNN

UNIZIK

UNILORIN

UNILORIN

UNILORIN

Medicine & Surgery

Economics

Accounting

Business Administration

Mass Communication

UNILORIN

UNILORIN

UNILORIN

UNILORIN

UNILORIN

Medicine & Surgery

Accounting

Economics

Nursing

Mass Communication

UNILORIN

UNILORIN

UI

UNILORIN

UNILORIN

Medicine & Surgery

Economics

Accounting

Business Administration

Mass Communication

UNN

UI

UNILORIN

UNILORIN

UNILORIN

2011

2013

2014

2015

1STUNIVERSITY OF FIRST CHOICE UNILORINCHOICEUNILORIN IS NIGERIAN

STATE – Location of SchoolThe choice of where to study sometimes is as a result of

Location. For proper planning and administration of resources –

both human and infrastructures, it is important to know which

State of the Federation have the highest inflow of Candidates

the most.

Without much analysis, it is

expected that due to the

current state of security in the

North-East of the country,

Candidates may for the sake

of safety prefer schools in

other parts of the country.

This assumption we hope to

establish in the course of this

analysis.

REGION FEDERAL PRIVATE STATE TOTAL

NC 9 8 7 24

NE 6 2 5 13

NW 8 6 14

SE 5 8 5 18

SS 6 8 7 21

SW 6 22 8 36

TOTAL 40 48 38 126

STATE – Location of SchoolSTATE TOTALAbia 3Adamawa 3Akwa-Ibom 3Anambra 5Bauchi 2Bayelsa 1Benue 3Borno 1Cross-Rivers 2Delta 6Ebonyi 3Edo 5Ekiti 4Enugu 5FCT 4Gombe 2Imo 2Jigawa 2Kaduna 3

STATE TOTALKano 4Katsina 3Kebbi 2Kogi 3Kwara 4Lagos 5Nasarawa 3Niger 2Ogun 12Ondo 6Osun 6Oyo 3Plateau 2Rivers 4Sokoto 2Taraba 3Yobe 2Zamfara 1TOTAL 126

OWNER TOTAL

Federal 40

Private 48

State 38

TOTAL 126

REGION Total

North Central 24

North East 13

North West 14

South East 18

South South 21

South West 36

TOTAL 126

STATE – School : Candidate RatioZONE 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

North Central 25 23 25 23 24

North East 10 11 11 13 13

North West 7 9 11 14 14

South East 16 18 19 17 18

South South 20 20 20 22 21

South West 33 33 34 36 35

Total 111 114 120 125 125

ZONE 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

North Central 279,516 268,155 358,800 360,364 324,128

North East 76,655 75,245 85,880 87,898 74,586

North West 179,407 182,191 207,544 215,275 209,907

South East 257,531 300,541 326,201 221,030 263,409

South South 329,013 317,879 366,025 326,479 293,558

South West 357,463 348,636 373,957 400,973 294,627

Total 1,479,585 1,492,647 1,718,407 1,612,019 1,460,215

Zone 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

North Central 1: 11,181 1: 11,659 1: 14,352 1: 15,668 1: 13,505

North East 1: 7,666 1: 6,840 1: 7,807 1: 6,761 1: 5,737

North West 1: 25,630 1: 20,243 1: 18,868 1: 15,377 1: 14,993

South East 1: 16,096 1: 16,697 1: 17,168 1: 13,002 1: 14,634

South South 1: 16,451 1: 15,894 1: 18,301 1: 14,840 1: 13,979

South West 1: 10,832 1: 10,565 1: 10,999 1: 11,138 1: 8,418Total 1: 13,330 1: 13,093 1: 14,320 1: 12,896 1: 11,682

University per Zone

Candidate per Zone

Zone : Candidate

National Open university & Affiliate institutions not considered

STATE – School : Candidate RatioZONE 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

North Central 18.89% 17.97% 20.88% 22.35% 22.20%

North East 5.18% 5.04% 5.00% 5.45% 5.11%

North West 12.13% 12.21% 12.08% 13.35% 14.38%

South East 17.41% 20.13% 18.98% 13.71% 18.04%

South South 22.24% 21.30% 21.30% 20.25% 20.10%

South West 24.16% 23.36% 21.76% 24.87% 20.18%

Summary –

The Most Sought After Zone has shifted from South West to

the North Central (Courtesy UNILORIN).

The North West is also enjoying some patronage, this may be

due to the unrest in the North East, which has not been able

to attract more than 5% of total candidates since 2011.

South East achieved almost a 5% impressive increase between

2014 and 2015. The implication is that the infrastructures in

place in those schools will suffer as they may not be able to

cater for this growth.

STATE – Zone, Candidate, Ownership

Zone 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

North Central 159,143 137,337 200,338 225,646 201,538

North East 53,413 49,327 57,158 56,866 46,938

North West 157,865 157,290 173,847 173,903 169,022

South East 208,072 213,158 232,111 128,420 186,924

South South 230,652 214,359 239,708 198,323 182,108

South West 243,659 243,168 274,692 301,046 196,551

Zone 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

North Central 1,438 1,473 1,901 2,833 2,242

North East 396 400 315 3,365 203

North West

South East 1,243 1,407 1,206 1,543 1,040

South South 555 676 923 1,379 920

South West 7,235 7,496 6,631 9,536 8,320

Zone 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

North Central 118,935 129,345 156,561 131,885 120,348

North East 22,846 25,518 28,407 27,667 27,445

North West 21,542 24,901 33,697 41,372 40,885

South East 48,216 85,976 92,884 91,067 75,445

South South 97,806 102,844 125,394 126,777 110,530

South West 106,569 97,972 92,634 90,391 89,756

FEDERAL UNIVERSITY2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

8 7 8 8 8

5 5 5 6 6

4 5 6 8 8

5 5 5 4 5

6 6 6 6 6

7 6 6 7 6

STATE UNIVERSITY

2011 2012 2013 2014 20157 6 7 7 7

4 5 5 4 5

3 4 5 6 6

5 5 5 5 5

6 7 7 7 7

9 9 8 8 8

PRIVATE UNIVERSITY

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

10 10 10 8 9

1 1 1 3 2

6 8 9 8 8

8 7 7 9 8

17 18 20 21 21

CANDIDATE

STATE – Zone, Candidate, OwnershipSummary –

Federal Universities attracts the most candidates – from 67%

to 71%. Private attracts less than 1% of total candidates.

The State of choice for most candidates are 2011 (Kaduna,

Lagos, Osun), 2012 (Osun, Lagos, Anambra), 2013 (Kaduna,

Edo, Osun), 2014 (Ondo, Kwara, Kaduna), 2015 (Kwara,

Kaduna, Delta).

Though Ogun state has the most Universities (12), two are

State, 1 Federal and the remaining are Private. Despite the

number of universities, Ogun state is not a destination of

choice.

No Private University exist in the North West.

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