Revealed: These were the whitest uni subjects in 2021

There are plenty of degree stereotypes when you get to uni: medics are the boring ones, english students are edgy, law students are just really really weird, and so on.

But it turns out that one stereotype being overlooked is the whitest degree subject. It won’t have escaped anyone’s attention that a lot of lectures are sometimes filled with predominantly white people. In fact, some subjects are having a huge struggle with diversity, according to new stats released by UCAS.

Agriculture takes top spot, where over 91 per cent of the students studying this degree subject are white. Veterinary sciences are a close second.

These were the whitest uni subjects in 2021:

1. Agriculture, food and related studies – 91.44 per cent

2. Veterinary sciences – 90.83 per cent

3. Geographical and environmental studies – 86.99 per cent

4. Historical, philosophical and religious studies – 82.49 per cent

5. Combined arts – 82.27 per cent

6. Education and teaching – 81.97 per cent

7. Creative arts and design – 80.79 per cent

8. Language and area studies – 80.45 per cent

9. Communications and media – 77.98 per cent

10. Technologies – 77.33 per cent

11. General and others in sciences – 77.02 per cent

12. Biological and sport sciences – 76.80 per cent

13. Humanities and liberal arts (non-specific) – 76.70 per cent

14. Physical sciences – 74.32 per cent

15. Psychology – 72.39 per cent

16. Combined sciences – 71.57 per cent

17. Combined and general studies – 70.45 per cent

18. Mathematical sciences – 68.48 per cent

19. Social sciences – 67.99 per cent

20. Social Studies – 67.35 per cent

21. Architecture, building and planning – 65.02 per cent

22. Subjects allied to medicine – 61.83 per cent

23. Computing – 60.03 per cent

24. Engineering and technology – 59.90 per cent

25. Business and management – 58.84 per cent

26. Engineering – 58.63 per cent

27. Law – 58.60 per cent

28. Medicine and dentistry – 47.64 per cent

Statistics are taken from UCAS data on applicants for 2021, and calculated as white applicants as a percentage of total applicants for subjects with over 500 applications.

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