View all newsletters
Sign up for our free email newsletters

Fighting for quality news media in the digital age.

  1. News
January 30, 2015

Journalism undergraduate enrolment number reaches three-year high in 2014

By William Turvill

The number of students accepted onto undergraduate journalism courses reached a three-year high in 2014, new figures show. (Picture: Shutterstock)

According to the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS), 3,215 students started undergraduate journalism courses last year.

This was the second largest number over the last eight years, and marked the highest intake since tuition fees were raised in 2012. Some 3,400 undergraduates started journalism courses in 2011.

UCAS's figures go back to 2007, when 2,150 people were accepted on to journalism courses. There has been a higher number than this each year since.

Overall, 512,370 students were accepted on to undergraduate courses in 2014, the highest number over the past eight years, and up from 413,430 in 2007.

More women than men have enrolled on journalism undergraduate courses in each of the last years, except for 2008 when the figures were equal.

In 2014, 1,510 men and 1,705 women were accepted on to courses.

Content from our partners
How PA Media is helping newspapers make the digital transition
Publishing on the open web is broken, how generative AI could help fix it
Impress: Regulation, arbitration and complaints resolution

Over the same period, from 2007 to 2014, last year marked a new high for the number of undergraduates enrolling onto media studies courses, 7,290.

Since 2012, universities have been able to charge up to £9,000 per year for undergraduate courses.

Topics in this article : ,

Email pged@pressgazette.co.uk to point out mistakes, provide story tips or send in a letter for publication on our "Letters Page" blog

Select and enter your email address Weekly insight into the big strategic issues affecting the future of the news industry. Essential reading for media leaders every Thursday. Your morning brew of news about the world of news from Press Gazette and elsewhere in the media. Sent at around 10am UK time. Our weekly does of strategic insight about the future of news media aimed at US readers. A fortnightly update from the front-line of news and advertising. Aimed at marketers and those involved in the advertising industry.
  • Business owner/co-owner
  • CEO
  • COO
  • CFO
  • CTO
  • Chairperson
  • Non-Exec Director
  • Other C-Suite
  • Managing Director
  • President/Partner
  • Senior Executive/SVP or Corporate VP or equivalent
  • Director or equivalent
  • Group or Senior Manager
  • Head of Department/Function
  • Manager
  • Non-manager
  • Retired
  • Other
Visit our privacy Policy for more information about our services, how New Statesman Media Group may use, process and share your personal data, including information on your rights in respect of your personal data and how you can unsubscribe from future marketing communications.
Thank you

Thanks for subscribing.

Websites in our network