StatiSense ® - Wale Micaiah © Most Preferred Courses & Schools In Nigeria Universities

Tertiary education in Nigeria can be received through  College of Education  Polytechnic  University The University is the 3 rd and the highest level of education. From six in 1962; all controlled by the government, today Nigeria have over 120 universities with private sector establishing more than Governments – State and Federal.

Federal Govt. Universities & Owners Private State Govt. Universities

Courses in Universities There are over 570 courses in all the 124 Universities. Courses are categorized into Faculty, namely: Administration Agriculture Arts Education Engineering Environmental Sciences Law Medical Sciences Social Sciences

Most Preferred Courses Of the over 570 courses; some enjoy high subscription as first choice while some others are never consider though they eventually get enrolment when Applicants’ preferred choices deny them admission. Courses like Medicine, Accounting, Economics, Mass communication are over subscribed. While the likes of Plant Science, Forestry and courses in Education suffers from rejection.

15 Most Preferred Courses JAMB 2011 Application It shows from the 2 tables that the most desired courses are: JAMB 2012 Application Medicine & Surgery, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, Mass Communication and Computer Science From 2012 Table, Computer Science is offered in 100 Uni. Medicine & Surgery (35), Nursing, Law (22) and Accounting (87).

15 Most Preferred Schools University of Lagos remain the school of first choice to most applicants! However, University of Ilorin had the highest increase in subscription from 2011 while Ahmadu Bello University dropped by over 28,000 applicants JAMB 2011 Application JAMB 2012 Application

Most Preferred Courses & Schools Source: JAMB 2011 Application CourseTotalInstitution Medicine & Surgery12,273Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Accounting10,990Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Business Administration9,357University of Lagos Economics6,722Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka Mass Communication6,416University of Lagos Law6,334University of Benin, Benin City Nursing Science5,674University of Nigeria Nsukka. Public Administration5,088Nasarawa State University, Keffi Pharmacy4,760Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Mechanical Engineering3,859Federal University of Tech, Owerri Computer Science3,831University of Ilorin, Ilorin Political Science3,368Benue State University, Makurdi Microbiology2,490Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Biochemistry2,453Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Civil Engineering2,429Federal University of Technology, Akure

Most Preferred Courses & Schools Source: JAMB 2012 Application CourseTotal Institution Accounting10,192 University of Ilorin Medicine And Surgery10,131 University of Nigeria Nsukka Business Administration9,423 University of Ilorin Law6,634 University of Nigeria Nsukka Mass Communication6,315 University of Ilorin Economics6,071 Nnamdi Azikiwe University Nursing Science5,056 University of Nigeria Nsukka Pharmacy4,397 University of Nigeria Nsukka Public Administration4,253 Nnamdi Azikiwe University Computer Science4,201 University of Ilorin Mechanical Engineering4,041 Federal University of Tech, Owerri Political Science3,120 Benue State University Civil Engineering2,726 Federal University of Tech, Owerri Microbiology2,699 Nasarawa State University Biochemistry2,032 University of Ilorin

The Big 5 Courses Economics Accounting Business Administration Medicine & Surgery Mass Communication

The Big - Competitiveness Medicine & Surgery The most competitive, it exist in only 35 Schools Mass Comm. 2 nd most competitive, it exist in only 59 Schools Biz Admin 3 rd most competitive, 65 Schools Accounting 4 th most competitive, 87 Schools Economics Least, 87 Schools

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