Ranked: All 59 Oxbridge undergrad colleges by private school intake – 5.4 to 50 per cent

Private school intake of undergraduates across all Oxbridge colleges ranges from just 5.4 per cent to 50 per cent, according to the most recent admissions reports from Oxford and Cambridge.

Hughes Hall and Wolfson College, both at Cambridge, have the highest private school intake of any Oxbridge college at 50 per cent each. At the other end of the scale, Cambridge’s Lucy Cavendish College has the lowest private school intake of any Oxbridge college at just 5.4 per cent, making Hughes Hall and Wolfson’s intake more than nine times higher.

At Oxford specifically, Merton College has the highest private school intake at 48.7 per cent, while Mansfield College has the lowest at 13.8 per cent – more than three and a half times lower.

Across all Oxford colleges combined, 66.8 per cent of students admitted between 2023 and 2025 came from state schools, with 33.2 per cent from private schools. At Cambridge, which received 13,603 applications across its colleges in 2025, the overall intake was 72.5 per cent state school and 27.5 per cent private school.

Oxford’s data is a three-year average covering 2023-2025, while Cambridge’s figures are for 2025 alone, reflecting how each university publishes its own admissions data.

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Trinity College Cambridge, which holds £2.4bn in net assets (more than any other Oxbridge college) has a private school intake of 34.4 per cent, above the Cambridge average.

Here are all 59 Oxbridge colleges ranked by private school intake, from highest to lowest, based on the most recent admissions data.

1. Hughes Hall, Cambridge – 50 per cent
2. Wolfson College, Cambridge – 50 per cent
3. Merton College, Oxford – 48.7 per cent
4. Peterhouse, Cambridge – 43.5 per cent
5. Trinity College, Oxford – 43 per cent
6. New College, Oxford – 42.5 per cent
7. Murray Edwards College, Cambridge – 42.3 per cent
8. Lincoln College, Oxford – 41.1 per cent
9. St Edmund’s College, Cambridge – 40 per cent
10. Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford – 39.5 per cent
11. Robinson College, Cambridge – 38.9 per cent
12. St John’s College, Oxford – 38.8 per cent
13. The Queen’s College, Oxford – 38.8 per cent
14. Oriel College, Oxford – 38.6 per cent
15. Corpus Christi College, Oxford – 37.8 per cent
16. Exeter College, Oxford – 37.1 per cent
17. Worcester College, Oxford – 37 per cent
18. University College, Oxford – 36.7 per cent
19. Magdalen College, Oxford – 35.4 per cent
20. Pembroke College, Oxford – 35.1 per cent
21. Emmanuel College, Cambridge – 34.8 per cent
22. St Hugh’s College, Oxford – 34.4 per cent
23. Trinity College, Cambridge – 34.4 per cent
24. Keble College, Oxford – 33.6 per cent
25. Balliol College, Oxford – 33.3 per cent
26. Christ Church, Oxford – 32.9 per cent
27. St Hilda’s College, Oxford – 32.5 per cent
28. Regent’s Park College, Oxford – 32.1 per cent
29. Downing College, Cambridge – 31.9 per cent
30. Queens’ College, Cambridge – 31.6 per cent
31. Somerville College, Oxford – 31.2 per cent
32. Jesus College, Oxford – 31 per cent
33. Magdalene College, Cambridge – 30.8 per cent
34. Pembroke College, Cambridge – 30.4 per cent
35. St John’s College, Cambridge – 30.4 per cent
36. Wadham College, Oxford – 30.3 per cent
37. Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge – 30 per cent
38. St Anne’s College, Oxford – 29.5 per cent
39. Christ’s College, Cambridge – 28.8 per cent
40. Trinity Hall, Cambridge – 28.6 per cent
41. St Catharine’s College, Cambridge – 28.3 per cent
42. St Peter’s College, Oxford – 28 per cent
43. Churchill College, Cambridge – 27.7 per cent
44. St Catherine’s College, Oxford – 27.7 per cent
45. Clare College, Cambridge – 27.6 per cent
46. Newnham College, Cambridge – 27.6 per cent
47. Corpus Christi College, Cambridge – 27.1 per cent
48. Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge – 25.5 per cent
49. St Edmund Hall, Oxford – 24.8 per cent
50. Hertford College, Oxford – 23 per cent
51. Jesus College, Cambridge – 21.5 per cent
52. King’s College, Cambridge – 21.5 per cent
53. Brasenose College, Oxford – 19.3 per cent
54. Homerton College, Cambridge – 18.9 per cent
55. Selwyn College, Cambridge – 18.5 per cent
56. Girton College, Cambridge – 16.5 per cent
57. Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge – 15.1 per cent
58. Mansfield College, Oxford – 13.8 per cent
59. Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge – 5.4 per cent

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