Table 1.
Frequency distribution of applicants (and offers) to UKCAT consortium medical schools between 2006 and 2014
| Non-graduate | Graduate | |||||||
| Application | Offer | Application | Offer | |||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Female | 49 082 | 55.9 | 22 716 | 56.2 | 13 999 | 57.7 | 3812 | 56.7 |
| Male | 38 656 | 44.1 | 17 702 | 43.8 | 10 256 | 42.3 | 2910 | 43.3 |
| Total | 87 738 | 40 418 | 24 255 | 6722 | ||||
| Ethnicity II | ||||||||
| Caucasian | 47 103 | 61.9 | 25 421 | 69.8 | 14 014 | 64.3 | 4831 | 78.3 |
| Non-caucasian | 28 941 | 38.1 | 10 995 | 30.2 | 7765 | 35.6 | 1335 | 21.7 |
| Total | 76 044 | 36 416 | 21 779 | 6166 | ||||
| Missing | (11694) | (13.3) | (2476) | (10.2) | ||||
| School attended* | ||||||||
| Fee paying | 17 388 | 25.5 | 10 184 | 29.2 | 1672 | 21.1 | 664 | 24.5 |
| Non-fee paying | 50 796 | 74.5 | 24 705 | 70.8 | 6249 | 78.9 | 2043 | 75.5 |
| Total | 68 184 | 34 889 | 7921 | 2707 | ||||
| Missing | (2263) | (3.2) | (12988) | (62.1) | ||||
| IMD quintile* | ||||||||
| 1 | 28 518 | 34.6 | 14 043 | 40 | 5972 | 26.2 | 1894 | 32 |
| 2 | 19 202 | 23.3 | 8767 | 25 | 4693 | 20.6 | 1375 | 23.2 |
| 3 | 14 986 | 18.2 | 6196 | 17.6 | 4450 | 19.6 | 1134 | 19.2 |
| 4 | 10 883 | 13.2 | 3734 | 10.6 | 4261 | 18.7 | 959 | 16.2 |
| 5 | 8815 | 10.7 | 2394 | 6.8 | 3378 | 14.8 | 552 | 9.3 |
| Total | 82 404 | 35 134 | 22 754 | 5914 | ||||
| Missing | (1260) | (1.5) | (592) | (2.5) | ||||
| NS-SEC* | ||||||||
| Managerial and professional occupations | 61 624 | 84.1 | 28 025 | 87.9 | 15 622 | 78.7 | 4406 | 83.3 |
| Intermediate occupations | 3399 | 4.6 | 1337 | 4.2 | 1167 | 5.9 | 295 | 5.6 |
| Small employers and own account occupations | 4676 | 6.4 | 1501 | 4.7 | 1572 | 7.9 | 313 | 5.9 |
| Lower supervisory and technical occupations | 1410 | 1.9 | 423 | 1.3 | 639 | 3.2 | 129 | 2.4 |
| Routine and semiroutine occupations | 2198 | 3 | 580 | 1.8 | 848 | 4.3 | 149 | 2.8 |
| Total | 73 307 | 31 866 | 19 848 | 5292 | ||||
| Missing | (10357) | (12.4) | (3498) | (15) | ||||
| Domicile | ||||||||
| UK | 70 447 | 80.3 | 35 333 | 88 | 20 909 | 86.2 | 6051 | 90 |
| EU | 6694 | 7.6 | 1078 | 2.7 | 1467 | 6 | 280 | 4.2 |
| International | 10 597 | 12.1 | 3785 | 9.4 | 1879 | 7.7 | 391 | 5.8 |
| Total | 87 738 | 40 418 | 24 255 | 6722 | ||||
| UKCAT attempt number | ||||||||
| 1 | 75 049 | 85.5 | 34 770 | 86 | 15 562 | 64.2 | 4718 | 70.2 |
| 2 | 11 803 | 13.5 | 5390 | 13.3 | 5722 | 23.6 | 1425 | 21.2 |
| 3+ | 886 | 1 | 258 | 0.6 | 2971 | 12.2 | 579 | 8.6 |
| Total | 87 738 | 40 418 | 24 255 | 6722 | ||||
| Final outcome | ||||||||
| No offer | 43 964 | 52.1 | 14 736 | 68.7 | ||||
| Offer | 40 418 | 47.9 | 40 418 | 6722 | 27.7 | 6722 | ||
| Total | 84 382 | 21 458 | ||||||
| Missing | (3356) | (3.8) | (2797) | (11.5) | ||||
*Sample drawn from UK domiciled applicants only.
IMD, Index of Multiple Deprivation; NS-SEC, National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification; UKCAT, UK Clinical Aptitude Test.