Student characteristics data: Outcomes data

Outcomes data dashboard

These charts and tables show sector-level continuation, attainment, completion and progression rates for students by domicile, level of study, mode of study and various student characteristics.

See our key findings report, 'Student characteristics data 2010-11 to 2022-23', for a summary of some of the sector-level trends in the dashboard.

The student characteristics outcomes data release extends the coverage of our access and participation data dashboard and student outcomes dashboard, to report on sector-level trends in student characteristics for both undergraduate and postgraduate students, and UK and non-UK domiciled students.

It includes only raw rates and does not aim to determine the relationship between different characteristics and student outcomes after taking other factors into account.

New student characteristics added in the September 2024 dashboard update are:

• broad subject of study
• individual disadvantage
• subcontracted students.

Datafiles

Get the outcomes data as a zipped CSV file (23 MB)

The uncompressed datafile is 518 MB. To avoid data loss, it should not be opened in MS Excel.

Dashboard user guide

The student outcomes dashboard allows you to examine outcomes by different student characteristics. You can examine these for different populations, domiciles, modes and levels of study. You can select combinations of these by choosing from the dropdowns at the top of the dashboard.

You can also choose whether to view rates for each outcome, or the differences between rates within a student characteristic. The rate is the proportion of students achieving an outcome that our definitions categorise as positive. You can view these by selecting the radio buttons at the top right of the dashboard

The chart in the centre of the dashboard displays the rates or differences for the selected combinations. For example:

• When we look at rates for the ‘Age (Broad)’ characteristic, the rate of attainment for full-time, UK domiciled first degree young students in 2022-23 was 78.1 per cent. This means that 78.1 per cent of these students achieved a 1st or 2:1 class degree.
• When we look at differences for the ‘Age (Broad)’ characteristic, the difference in attainment between full-time UK domiciled first degree mature students and full-time UK domiciled first degree young students in 2022-23 was 8.1 per cent. This means that students aged 21 or over had an attainment rate 8.1 per cent lower than the corresponding group of students aged under 21.

Certain characteristics are not available for every combination of domicile, mode and level. The yellow box above the chart indicates the coverage of each student characteristic. For example, the socioeconomic background characteristic is available only for UK domiciled undergraduate students. Selecting a combination of filters for which data is not available will result in the chart showing no data.

The rates and denominators shown on the chart are also displayed in a table beneath the main chart. The table shows suppression reasons where these is no data displayed on the chart. For example, when we look at attainment rates for UK domiciled full-time first degree students with service child status who had at least one parent in the armed services, no data is displayed in the chart or the table for the years: 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2020-21. The table tells us that this data has been suppressed for data protection reasons (suppression code: [DP]). There is more information about suppression codes in the help guide. This is available by clicking the ‘help guide’ icon in the top right corner of the dashboard.