Higher Education Entrants and Qualifiers by their Level 2 and 3 Attainment
Academic year 2021/22

Description

This document describes the data included in the Higher Education Entrants and Qualifiers by their Level 2 and 3 Attainment statistical release’s underlying data files.

Coverage

This release refers only to higher education students at UK providers from academic years 2016/17 and 2021/22 in the following population:

- English domiciled
- Studying full time
- First year of study
- Studying for their first degree
- Studying for their first level 6 qualification (excluding Integrated Master’s Degree, a Foundation Degree and other level 4/5 courses, or a higher level apprenticeship in the cohort year of entry)

File formats and conventions

‘c’ indicates that figures and percentages are suppressed because of small underlying counts of entrants

Completion rates are rounded to one decimal place

All numbers are rounded to the nearest five

Data files

First degree entrants by level 2 prior attainment

Filename: new_entrants_level2_prior_attainment_201622.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2016/17 to 2021/22
Content summary: Number and percentage of English domiciled first degree entrants by their level 2 prior attainment, 2016/17 to 2021/22

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name          |  Variable description
---------------------  |  -----------------------------------
entrant_count          |  Number of first degree entrants
percentage_entrants    |  Percentage of first degree entrants
priorattainment_group  |  Level 2 prior attainment - 1
provider_type          |  Type of provider - 1


First degree entrants by level 3 prior attainment

Filename: new_entrants_level3_prior_attainment_201622.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2016/17 to 2021/22
Content summary: Number and percentage of English domiciled first degree entrants by their level 3 prior attainment, 2016/17 to 2021/22

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name          |  Variable description
---------------------  |  -----------------------------------
entrant_count          |  Number of first degree entrants
percentage_entrants    |  Percentage of first degree entrants
priorattainment_group  |  Level 3 prior attainment - 1
provider_type          |  Type of provider - 1

Footnotes:

1. Vocational qualifications only (e.g. BTECs, T levels)
2. Other qualifications only (e.g. apprenticeships, occupational, or other general qualifications)
3. Mixed qualifications (combination of different qualifications)


First degree entrants by level 2 and 3 prior attainment

Filename: new_entrants_level2and3_prior_attainment_201622.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2016/17 to 2021/22
Content summary: Number and percentage of English domiciled first degree entrants by their level 2 and 3 prior attainment, 2016/17 to 2021/22

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name                 |  Variable description
----------------------------  |  -----------------------------------
entrant_count                 |  Number of first degree entrants
percentage_entrants           |  Percentage of first degree entrants
priorattainment_group_level2  |  Level 2 prior attainment - 1
priorattainment_group_level3  |  Level 3 prior attainment - 1
provider_type                 |  Type of provider - 1

Footnotes:

1. Vocational qualifications only (e.g. BTECs, T levels)
2. Other qualifications only (e.g. apprenticeships, occupational, or other general qualifications)
3. Mixed qualifications (combination of different qualifications)


First degree entrant completion by level 2 prior attainment for HEPs

Filename: new_entrants3_completion_level2_prior_attainment_hep_201618.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2016/17 to 2017/18
Content summary: Number and percentage of English domiciled first degree entrants at HEPs that qualified within 5 years by their level 2 prior attainment, 2016/17 to 2017/18

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name            |  Variable description
-----------------------  |  -----------------------------------------------------------------
entrant_count            |  Number of first degree entrants
percentage_qualifiers    |  Percentage of first degree entrants that qualified within 5 years
priorattainment_groupl2  |  Level 2 prior attainment - 1
qualifier_count          |  Number of first degree entrants that qualified within 5 years


First degree entrant completion by level 2 prior attainment for FEPs

Filename: new_entrants3_completion_level2_prior_attainment_fep_201618.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2016/17 to 2017/18
Content summary: Number and percentage of English domiciled first degree entrants at FEPs that qualified within 5 years by their level 2 prior attainment, 2016/17 to 2017/18

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name            |  Variable description
-----------------------  |  -----------------------------------------------------------------
entrant_count            |  Number of first degree entrants
percentage_qualifiers    |  Percentage of first degree entrants that qualified within 5 years
priorattainment_groupl2  |  Level 2 prior attainment - 1
qualifier_count          |  Number of first degree entrants that qualified within 5 years


First degree entrant completion by level 3 prior attainment for HEPs

Filename: new_entrants3_completion_level3_prior_attainment_hep_201618.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2016/17 to 2017/18
Content summary: Number and percentage of English domiciled first degree entrants at HEPs that qualified within 5 years by their level 3 prior attainment, 2016/17 to 2017/18

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name            |  Variable description
-----------------------  |  -----------------------------------------------------------------
entrant_count            |  Number of first degree entrants
percentage_qualifiers    |  Percentage of first degree entrants that qualified within 5 years
priorattainment_groupl3  |  Level 3 prior attainment - 1
qualifier_count          |  Number of first degree entrants that qualified within 5 years


First degree entrant completion by level 3 prior attainment for FEPs

Filename: new_entrants3_completion_level3_prior_attainment_fep_201618.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2016/17 to 2017/18
Content summary: Number and percentage of English domiciled first degree entrants at FEPs that qualified within 5 years by their level 3 prior attainment, 2016/17 to 2017/18

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name            |  Variable description
-----------------------  |  -----------------------------------------------------------------
entrant_count            |  Number of first degree entrants
percentage_qualifiers    |  Percentage of first degree entrants that qualified within 5 years
priorattainment_groupl3  |  Level 3 prior attainment - 1
qualifier_count          |  Number of first degree entrants that qualified within 5 years

Footnotes:

1. Vocational qualifications only (e.g. BTECs, T levels)
2. Other qualifications only (e.g. apprenticeships, occupational, or other general qualifications)
3. Mixed qualifications (combination of different qualifications)


First degree entrant completion by level 2 and 3 prior attainment

Filename: new_entrants4_completion_level2and3_prior_attainment_201618.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2016/17 to 2017/18
Content summary: Number and percentage of English domiciled first degree entrants that qualified within 5 years by their level 2 and 3 prior attainment, 2016/17 to 2017/18

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name            |  Variable description
-----------------------  |  -----------------------------------------------------------------
entrant_count            |  Number of first degree entrants
percentage_qualifiers    |  Percentage of first degree entrants that qualified within 5 years
priorattainment_groupl2  |  Level 2 prior attainment - 1
priorattainment_groupl3  |  Level 3 prior attainment - 1
provider_type            |  Type of provider - 1
qualifier_count          |  Number of first degree entrants that qualified within 5 years

Footnotes:

1. Vocational qualifications only (e.g. BTECs, T levels)
2. Other qualifications only (e.g. apprenticeships, occupational, or other general qualifications)
3. Mixed qualifications (combination of different qualifications)
