JAMB 2017: 5 state universities and their admission rates in Nigeria
The Joint Admission Matriculation Board's (JAMB), Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examinations (UTME) for 2017 is coming up soon and for the most part, students already have schools in their minds to pick.
However, which state universities are more likely to admit you? This report by the National Bureau of Statistics might help.
According to the report, in 2010, a total of 1,513,940 applications were received while 423,531 students were admitted. This means that of all those that applied, only 28% were admitted in 2010.
In 2011 it dropped to 26% as a total of 1,636,356 applications were received while 417,341 students were admitted.
In 2012, 1,632,835 applications were received, while 447,176 admissions were granted in 2012 representing a 27% admission rate.
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The lowest percentages of applications to admissions were recorded in 2013 and 2014 with 24% and 25% of applications to admissions recorded respectively during the period under review.
Yobe atate with 11,222 applications and 4,084 admissions has the highest percentage of applications to admissions with 36% recorded in 2013 while Jigawa state with 16,214 applications and 6,169 admissions.
The highest percentage of applications to admissions was recorded in 2015 with 30% of applications to admissions recorded. Yobe state with 17,461 applications and 9,703 admissions has the highest percentage of applications to admissions in the year with 56% recorded.
Below is a collage showing the states with the highest and lowest admissions for four different years:
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Source: Legit.ng
