1. StatiSense ® - Wale Micaiah © Most Preferred Courses In Nigeria (UTME 2013)

2. Tertiary education in Nigeria is divided into:  College of Education  Polytechnic  University College of Education Polytechnic University ≡ ≡ ≡ Candidates applied to 116 Colleges of Education Candidates applied to 191 Polytechnics, Monotechnics and Innovation Enterprise Institutions Candidates applied to 122 Universities

3. University

4. Courses in Universities There are about 650 courses in all the Universities. Courses are categorized into Faculty, namely: Administration Agriculture Arts Education Engineering Environmental Sciences Law Medical Sciences Social Sciences

5. Distribution of Courses by Faculty FacultyTotal% Social Sciences400,70724.12 Medicine274,47316.52 Sciences230,25313.86 Eng/Tech/Env.Design222,94413.42 Administration215,08512.95 Arts119,5317.19 Law98,0835.90 Education65,0723.92 Agriculture35,3392.13 Social Sciences emerged top contributing 24% of total Applicants. Agriculture, Education and Law are the bottom three Faculties with 2.1%, 3.9% and 5.9% contribution

6. Most Preferred Courses Of the over 650 courses; some enjoy high subscription as first choice while some others are never considered though they eventually get enrolment when Applicants’ most 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.

7. Most Preferred Courses – Most Preferred Courses – minimum of 20,000 Applicants CourseTotal Applicants Medicine And Surgery133,668 Accounting109,244 Economics102,126 Business Administration89,911 Law88,193 Mass Communication80,256 Computer Science74,645 Political Science63,173 Nursing Sceince55,579 Microbiology50,009 Electrical /Electronics Engineering41,351 Civil Engineering38,617 Biochemistry36,506 Mechanical Engineering36,333 Public Administration35,215 Pharmacy34,971 Sociology29,980 Banking And Finance26,974 Medical Laboratory24,692

8. Most Preferred Faculties CourseFaculty Total Applicants Economics, Mass Communication, Political Science, Sociology Social Sciences275,535 Accounting, Business Administration, Public Administration, Banking And Finance Administration261,344 Medicine And Surgery, Nursing Science, Pharmacy, Medical Laboratory Medicine248,910 Computer Science, Microbiology, Biochemistry Sciences161,160 Electrical /Electronics, Civil, Mechanical Engineering Engineering116,301 Law 88,193 This shows that Social Sciences and Administration Faculties are the most sough after Faculties in Nigerian Universities.

9. Most Preferred Faculties (2011 – 2013) It seems there is a growing reducing interest in Administration. Faculty201120122013 Administration314,867277,815215,085 Agriculture20,87326,11335,339 Arts69,40660,673119,531 Education57,62462,58765,072 Eng/Tech/Env.Design192,733197,836222,944 Law80,92787,38598,083 Medicine214,047231,753274,473 Sciences207,045202,705230,253 Social Sciences281,069303,929400,707 Grand Total1,438,5911,450,7961,661,487

10. Most Preferred Faculties (2011 – 2013) Courses201120122013Average Medicine And Surgery114,530116,037133,668121,412 Accounting108,79399,842109,244105,960 Economics88,38795,552102,12695,355 Law72,12682,55088,19380,956 Mass Communication63,25169,83680,25671,114 Computer Science57,29965,12374,64565,689 Business Management15,36579,78389,91161,686 Political Science56,42854,69563,17358,099 Microbiology40,74744,39950,00945,052 Nursing Science34,04641,80555,57943,810 Business Administration84,84215,57317,39139,269 Biochemistry35,75233,46736,50635,242 Public Administration38,37029,94235,21534,509 Mechanical Engineering31,80432,49336,33333,543 Civil Engineering29,42032,22338,61733,420 Pharmacy30,43232,65434,97132,686 Electrical /Electronics Engineering29,20828,70733,63530,517 Sociology27,73927,42329,98028,381 Banking/Finance21,11023,31326,97423,799 Medical Laboratory Science17,15422,72424,69221,523 Petroleum Engineering16,89914,33715,32315,520 Chemical Engineering14,46113,60113,32013,794 Architecture12,77113,27214,51213,518 English Language14,60710,54513,57312,908 Psychology8,92011,10512,73310,919 Computer Engineering8,75210,71012,11110,524 Geography8,2668,31912,2689,618

11. The Big 16 Courses: Medicine & Surgery (121,412) Accounting (105,960) Economics (95,355) Law (80,956) Mass Communication (71,114) Computer Science (65,689) Business Management (61,686) Political Science (58,099) Microbiology (45,052) Nursing Science (43,810) Business Administration (39,269) Biochemistry (35,242) Public Administration (34,509) Mechanical Engineering (33,543) Civil Engineering (33.420) Pharmacy (32,686)

12. Polytechnic / Monotechnic & Innovation Enterprise Institutions (IEI)

13. Polytechnic / Monotechnic & IEI There are about 86 courses in all the Polytechnics and Monotechnics. Courses are categorized into Schools, namely: Polytechnic / Monotechnic IEI There are 21courses in all the IEI Sciences Social Sciences Engineering

14. Distribution of Courses by School School/FacultyApplicants% Engineering572,63136.52 Sciences191,42612.21 Social Sciences804,63351.32 Grand Total1,567,864 Social Sciences emerged top contributing 51% of total Applicants. There seem to be a strong correlation between this and that of University.

15. More Preferred Courses Of the over 100 courses; some enjoy high subscription as first choice while some others are rarely considered though they eventually get enrolment when Applicants’ preferred choices deny them admission. Courses like Science Laboratory Technology, Business Administration & Management, Mass Communication, Public Administration, Accountancy, Computer Science are over subscribed.

16. More Preferred Courses – More Preferred Courses – minimum of 10,000 Applicants CoursesTotal Science Laboratory Technology288,717 Business Administration & Management262,106 Mass Communication203,523 Public Administration133,392 Accountancy130,953 Computer Science120,414 Electrical/Electronics Engineering58,776 Civil Engineering51,484 Banking And Finance47,388 Mechanical Engineering42,437 Food Technology24,299 Computer Engineering23,298 Office Technology And Management20,573 Estate Management18,429 Architectural Technology16,834 Hospitality Management11,834

17. More Preferred Faculties CoursesFaculty Total Electrical/Electronics, Civil, Mechanical, Computer Engineering, Food Technology Engineering200,294 Science Laboratory Technology, Computer Science, Office Technology & Management, Estate Management, Architectural Technology Sciences464,967 Business Administration & Management, Mass Communication Public Administration, Accountancy Banking And Finance, Hospitality Management Social Sciences 789,196

18. More Preferred Faculties (2011 – 2013) Faculty201120122013 Engineering483,937497,712572,631 Sciences180,495177,058191,426 Social Sciences716,888713,759804,633 Grand Total1,381,3201,388,5291,567,864

19. More Preferred Faculties (2011 – 2013) Course201120122013AVG Business Administration & Management 232,573233,314288,717251,535 Science Laboratory Technology214,346228,093262,079234,839 Mass Communication171,474179,772203,523184,923 Public Administration100,821107,886133,392114,033 Accountancy129,873126,944128,898128,572 Computer Science113,517113,031120,414115,654 Electrical/Electronics Engineering61,54557,55758,70459,269 Banking And Finance54,76651,10347,38851,086 Civil Engineering Technology42,98945,59651,48446,690 Mechanical Engineering Technology40,53339,86742,43740,946 Food Technology28,23726,65424,29926,397 Computer Engineering19,61421,10523,25021,323 Office Technology & Management14,59516,23920,57317,136 Estate Management16,61016,11218,42917,050 Architectural Technology15,06014,87416,83415,589 Hospitality Management16,89414,16411,83414,297 Chemical Engineering Technology12,4738,4436,7099,208

20. The Big 16 Courses: Business Administration & Management (251,535) Science Laboratory Technology (234,839) Civil Engineering (46,690) Mechanical Engineering (40,946) Mass Communication (184,923) Public Administration (114,033) Food Technology (26,397) Computer Technology (21,323) Accounting (128,572) Computer Science (59,269) Office Technology & Management (17,136) Estate Management (17,050) Elect/Elect Engineering (59,269) Banking & Finance (51,086) Architectural Technology (15,589) Hospitality Management (14,297) POLYTECHNICPOLYTECHNIC

21. Colleges of Education

22. There are over 300 courses in all the Colleges of Education. Courses are categorized into Schools, namely: Arts Sciences

23. Distribution of Courses by School School/FacultyApplicants% Arts936,50857.73 Sciences685,80042.27 Grand Total1,622,308 Arts emerged top contributing 57.73% of total Applicants.

24. Preferred Courses – Preferred Courses – minimum of 20,000 Applicants CoursesTotal Business Education380,276 Biology/Chemistry226,767 Biology/Integrated Science69,734 English/Social Studies68,543 Mathematics/Physics66,426 Chemistry/Physics54,097 Economics/Social Studies53,962 Political Science/Social Studies53,084 English (Double Major)50,718 Computer Science Education/Mathematics46,034 Computer Education/Physics41,843 Economics/Political Science41,300 Agricultural Science (Double Major)27,956 Chemistry/Integrated Science25,913 English/Political Science24,595 Computer Science Education/Integrated Sci.22,778 Chemistry/Mathematics22,016 Economics/Mathematics21,710 Computer Education/Chemistry20,227

25. Preferred Faculties CoursesFacultyTotal Business Education, English/Social Studies, Economics/Social Studies, Political Science/Social Studies, English (Double Major), English/Political Science, Economics/Mathematics Arts652,888 Biology/Chemistry, Biology/Integrated Science, Mathematics/Physics, Chemistry/Physics, Computer Science Education/Mathematics, Computer Education/Physics, Economics/Political Science, Agricultural Science (Double Major), Chemistry/Integrated Science, Computer Science, Education/Integrated Science, Chemistry/Mathematics, Computer Education/Chemistry Sciences665,091

26. Preferred Faculties (2011 – 2013) Faculty201120122013 Arts805,731803,979936,508 Sciences593,052612,812685,800 Grand Total1,398,7831,416,7911,622,308 Faculty% 2011% 2012% 2013 Arts57.7556.7557.73 Sciences42.4043.2542.27

27. Preferred Faculties (2011 – 2013) Course201120122013Average Business Education325,725327,305380,276344,435 Biology/Chemistry176,281185,796226,767196,281 Biology/Integrated Science60,52263,08169,73464,446 English/Social Studies60,60862,87268,54364,008 Mathematics/Physics48,45055,20966,42656,695 Economics/Social Studies55,17548,96053,96252,699 Chemistry/Physics46,34549,33954,09749,927 Political Science/Social Studies47,42547,05353,08449,187 Computer Science Education/Mathematics52,27545,48746,03447,932 Economics/Political Science42,68640,36241,30041,449 English (double Major)33,07039,71850,71841,169 Computer Education/Physics38,26938,38541,84339,499 Agricultural Science (double Major)23,51624,18027,95625,217 Chemistry/Integrated Science22,93723,62125,91324,157 Economics/Mathematics27,74222,98821,71024,147 Computer Science Education/Integrated Sci.25,54621,73422,77823,353 Chemistry/Mathematics21,65320,39122,01621,353 English/Political Science18,78719,89624,59521,093

28. The Big 16 Courses: Business Education (344,435) Biology/ Chemistry (196,281) Biology/ Integrated Science (64,446) English/ Social Studies (64,008) Mathematics/ Physics (56,695) Economics/ Social Studies (52,699) Chemistry/ Physics (49,927) Pol. Sci./ Social Studies (49,187) Computer Sci. Education/ Math (47,932) Economics / Political Sci. (41,449) English (Double Major) (41,169) Computer Education/ Physics (39,499) Agric. Sci./ (double Major) (25,217) Chemistry/ Int. Science (24,157) Economics/ Mathematics (24,147) Computer Sci. Education/ Int. Science (23,353) Colleges of Education

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