How many mature undergrads are there at the LSE?

Are older students a rarity on UG courses?

Are there any LSE mature students on TSR?

*thinking of applying for Sociology*

Reply 1

cuzman

I'm 28 and have applied for BSc Social Policy and Economics. I have the entrance exam on 16th March, so there could be one more mature student at LSE in a few months time.

For most institutions UCAS lists various percentages that are representative of the undergraduate population, and the percentage of mature students is usually included. I'm pretty sure that all collated figures come from the numbers at the time of 2004 entry. Each institution's ratios should continue at roughly these levels for the next few years, unless the introduction of tuition fees cause some institutions to change their intake policies.

There is no full list of statistics on the UCAS website for LSE. http://www.ucas.ac.uk/instit/i/l72.html

Numbers of mature students vary greatly though, especially across London. For instance:

Imperial College London (UoL): mature students represent 12% of 7843 undergraduates. http://www.ucas.ac.uk/instit/i/i50.html

University College London (UoL): mature students represent 14% of 11629 undergraduates. http://www.ucas.ac.uk/instit/i/u80.html

King's College London (UoL): mature students represent 18% of 10713 undergraduates. http://www.ucas.ac.uk/instit/i/k60.html

Queen Mary (UoL): mature students represent 21% of 7500 undergraduates. http://www.ucas.ac.uk/instit/i/q50.html

Brunel University: mature students represent 23% of 9410 undergraduates. http://www.ucas.ac.uk/instit/i/b84.html

City University: mature students represent 24% of 7890 undergraduates. http://www.ucas.ac.uk/instit/i/c60.html

Kingston University: mature students represent 27% of 11741 undergraduates. http://www.ucas.ac.uk/instit/i/k84.html

Middlesex University: mature students represent 31% of 11705 undergraduates. http://www.ucas.ac.uk/instit/i/m80.html

London Metropolitan University: mature students represent 51% of 13506 undergraduates. http://www.ucas.ac.uk/instit/i/l68.html

University of East London: mature students represent 58% of 8181 undergraduates. http://www.ucas.ac.uk/instit/i/e28.html

University of Greenwich: mature students represent 58% of 8824 undergraduates. http://www.ucas.ac.uk/instit/i/g70.html

London South Bank University: mature students represent 81% of 8706 undergraduates. http://www.ucas.ac.uk/instit/i/l75.html

Thames Valley University: mature students represent 84% of 7307 undergraduates. http://www.ucas.ac.uk/instit/i/t40.html

Maybe someone else can point you towards some official figures for the LSE elsewhere.

Reply 2

spacedonkey

LOL - so the crapper the university's rep, the higher the proportion of mature students?

(or so it would seem)

GOOD LUCK on thursday with the exam - let us know how it goes :smile:

Reply 3

xnikko

i am also mature at 29 /LLB, exam weds, cuzman are you practisuing past Q's? we could compare what we got for section c..

Reply 4

rjkara

I think you'll find that LSE has some mature undergrads. I'm postgrad, though, I've found circa 6-8% (ish) or so of the undergrads I meet are considered mature. It might just be the people I meet, though, I suspect that would be the number. Good luck.