Degree attainment by socioeconomic background: UK, 2017/18 to 2020/21

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Higher Education Statistics Agency
Last updated:
14 July 2023
Topic:
Education
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Summary

This study supplies experimental statistics on the association between degree attainment (i.e. the proportion of first degree qualifiers awarded a first or upper second class) and our area-based measure of deprivation across the UK. Social mobility is often viewed as relating to the extent to which an individual’s outcomes (e.g. on the basis of earnings or employment) differ to that of their parents. Improving social mobility continues to be a key policy objective across all nations of the UK, with education seen as one of the potential ways in which this can be achieved. Consequently, this has led to regular statistics being distributed on attainment gaps in primary and secondary education by various measures of deprivation. The evidence consistently illustrates those experiencing greater levels of deprivation display lower levels of attainment, which can inhibit progress in raising social mobility.

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Figure 8: The association between degree attainment and our UK-wide area-based measure of deprivation during the COVID-19 period by country of provider CSV 14 July 2023 Preview
Figure 7: The association between degree attainment and our UK-wide area-based measure of deprivation before the emergence of COVID-19 by country of provider CSV 14 July 2023 Preview
Figure 6: The association between degree attainment and our UK-wide area-based measure of deprivation before and during the COVID-19 period CSV 14 July 2023 Preview
Figure 5: The association between degree attainment and our UK-wide area-based measure of deprivation before and during the COVID-19 period CSV 14 July 2023 Preview
Figure 4: The association between degree attainment and our UK-wide area-based measure of deprivation before and during the COVID-19 period CSV 14 July 2023 Preview
Figure 3: The association between degree attainment and our UK-wide area-based measure of deprivation before and during the COVID-19 period CSV 14 July 2023 Preview
Figure 2: The association between degree attainment and our UK-wide area-based measure of deprivation before and during the COVID-19 period CSV 14 July 2023 Preview

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Degree attainment by socioeconomic background: UK, 2017/18 to 2020/21 HTML 12 July 2023
Figure 1: The association between degree attainment and our UK-wide area-based measure of deprivation among those who qualified between the academic years 2017/18 – 2020/21 CSV 14 July 2023

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