MOST APPLIED UNIVERSITIES IN NIGERIA
Below is the list of most applied universities in Nigeria in the recent years.
The statistics shows university of Ilorin leading the way as admission seekers’ favourite for three years.
Consequently, in all four years covered, UNILORIN had 411,340 or 25.76 per cent total applications for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. This is to say that, UNILORIN took more than quarter of the total number of students who applied for JAMB UTME within these years.
UNIBEN came second with a total of 331,178 or 20.56 per cent applications. Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, had third highest number of aggregate applications of 305,790 or 18.65 per cent. University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and University of Lagos respectively held the fourth and fifth places.
Imo state made an exceptional mark as Imo State University was the only state university to appear in the list of top ten most applied universities in Nigeria.
This is the list of most applied universities in Nigeria in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2016 as originally obtained by Premium Times and shared here by School Gist Now. In the list, that of 2015 and 2017 are not available because we are not able get the data from any source for now.
Here are the tables below: 2012 UTME applications statistics by institution.
Top 9 institutions (Universities)
2013 UTME applications statistics by institution.
Top 10 institutions (Universities)
2014 UTME applications statistics by institution.
Top 10 institutions (Universities)
2016 UTME applications statistics by institution.
Top 10 institutions (Universities)
Its amazing to find out the number of people that apply for admission in the University of Ilorin and that of Ibadan, almost half a million people per year! this is just a clear indication that there would be serious competition for admission in such schools.
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