Highest offer rate courses in the UK

Most UCAS applications get an offer: 80% in 2025. In some subjects and at some universities the rate is close to 100%. These are the highest offer rates in UCAS End of Cycle data, and what they do and do not mean for your choices.

Data: UCAS End of Cycle 2025 and university course pages, updated November 2026. Methodology

Subjects with the highest offer rates

Agriculture, combined studies, geography, media and languages all made offers to more than nine in ten applications nationally. Psychology (90%) is one of the most popular subjects and still sits near the top, which surprises many applicants. These subjects have plenty of places relative to demand at most universities.

UK, all universities, UCAS End of Cycle 2025
Subject areaOffer rateApplications
Agriculture, food and related studies95%7,470
Combined and general studies94%4,925
Geography, earth and environmental studies93%31,300
Media, journalism and communications92%29,185
Language and area studies91%43,950
Psychology90%75,975
Historical, philosophical and religious studies90%53,945
Biological and sport sciences89%87,875
Physical sciences89%45,660
Business and management86%176,725

University subject areas with the highest offer rates

These are the largest combinations of university and subject area with the highest rates in 2025, ranked by rate then by number of applications (minimum 300). Many large post-1992 universities appear here, but so do established universities in subjects where they have room, such as mathematics at York and Cardiff.

Highest subject-area offer rates, UCAS 2025, minimum 300 applications
University and subject areaOffer rateApplicationsExample course
University of GreenwichPsychology100%1,425–
Nottingham Trent UniversityMedia, journalism and communications100%915–
University of YorkMathematical sciences100%800Mathematics
University of WolverhamptonBusiness and management100%745–
Liverpool John Moores UniversityMedia, journalism and communications100%660–
Bournemouth UniversityLaw100%650–
University of SussexLaw100%635Law
University of PlymouthPsychology100%625Psychology
University of GloucestershireBiological and sport sciences100%620–
University of HuddersfieldLaw100%620–
Kingston UniversityPsychology100%580–
University of DerbyDesign, and creative and performing arts100%540Fashion
University of KentHistorical, philosophical and religious studies100%535History
University of WinchesterHistorical, philosophical and religious studies100%510History
Northumbria UniversityGeography, earth and environmental studies100%500–
De Montfort UniversityLaw100%475–
University Academy 92 (UA92)Business and management100%475Sports Management
De Montfort UniversityPsychology100%470Psychology with Sport Management
University of PlymouthDesign, and creative and performing arts100%460Filmmaking
University of ChichesterPsychology100%450Psychology
University of NorthamptonBiological and sport sciences100%450Biochemistry
Aberystwyth UniversitySocial sciences100%450Politics
Cardiff UniversityMathematical sciences100%440Mathematics
University of DerbyPsychology100%435Psychology
University of DerbyLaw100%435English and Law
Northumbria UniversityLanguage and area studies100%430–
University of SussexHistorical, philosophical and religious studies100%425History
University of PlymouthComputing100%420Computer Science
Canterbury Christ Church UniversityLaw100%415–
University of WorcesterPsychology100%415Psychology

Reading a 100% offer rate

Why some subjects offer almost everyone a place

A high offer rate usually means the university has more places in that subject than strong applicants, and it would rather make a conditional offer than lose a candidate. Many of these universities set typical offers that most applicants are already predicted to meet, and they rely on results day to decide who actually comes. That makes them very different from medicine or Oxbridge, where the offer itself is the hard part.

This also means a high-rate university can still reject you on results day if you miss the conditions by a wide margin. The offer rate says nothing about how flexible the university is in August, so read the offer conditions carefully and keep an insurance choice with a lower typical offer.

Using high-rate courses in your five choices

To look up any university and subject area, not just the top 30, use the free UCAS offer rate calculator. A course with a high offer rate and a typical offer at or below your predicted grades makes a strong insurance choice. It lowers the chance of ending up with no offers without wasting a choice on a course you would not take. See which offer to firm and insure, or compare with the lowest offer rate courses and the psychology offer rates by university.

See the odds for your own five choices

Add your predicted grades and courses. OfferCheck compares each one to its typical offer and offer rate, and flags the chance of ending up with no offers.

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Frequently asked questions

Which subject has the highest offer rate?
Agriculture, food and related studies had the highest subject-area offer rate in 2025 at 95%, followed by combined and general studies (94%) and geography, earth and environmental studies (93%).
Do some universities make offers to everyone?
Close to it. 30 of the 30 largest high-rate combinations in our ranking show an offer rate that rounds to 100%. UCAS rounds counts to the nearest 5, so a handful of rejections can disappear in the rounding.
Is a course with a 100% offer rate a bad course?
Not necessarily. High rates often reflect universities with more places than applicants in that subject, or courses with clear, published entry requirements that applicants already meet.
What is the average offer rate in the UK?
80% of applications got an offer in 2025, across 1,366,780 applications.

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