How private school is your degree at Bristol?

Modern languages is the most private school degree at Bristol, with nearly half its students coming from a privately-educated background.

University figures for 2014-2015 show 47 per cent of modern language students attended private school before uni. Updated figures for this year are currently unavailable.

There’s no telling why modern languages is so private school for sure, but it’s likely Tarquin became apt at French due to his frequent trips to the villa in St Tropez and he decided to pursue his “knack” for languages.

Drama comes in close second, with 43 per cent of aspiring thespians enjoying the kind of education only mummy and daddy’s money can buy.

They’re only in it for the year abroad

Humanities comes in third with an impressive 39 per cent coming from private schools. Sounds about right: most of these kids obviously went on an expensive gap yah holiday to SE Asia, kept a journal and a temporary insta account, and subsequently decided that Hemingway was a homie. Others picked up a book on the Cold War which they found in a toilet in Lao and never looked back.

At the lower end of the spectrum are the things we’d expect: a few sciences, including physics, medicine and electrical engineering, and, of course, law. These are considered “harder” degrees, so it’s no surprise they’re only popular with kids who really pushed through state school and got used to the workload, only to eventually find quantum mechanics enjoyable.

The results aren’t particularly surprising: the arts and humanities have always been deemed more pretentious than most sciences.

(All figures are based on the academic year 2014-2015)

*School of Arts includes: Archaeology, Anthropology, Film and Television, Music, Philosophy and Theatre

**Queens School of Engineering includes: Aerospace, Civil and Mechanical Engineering

***Merchant Venturers School of Engineering includes: Computer Science, Electrical and Electronic Engineering