Feeling lucky? These are officially the easiest Oxbridge colleges to get into in 2024

In theory, all the Oxbridge colleges should be equally difficult to get into in 2024, so one college couldn’t be ‘the easiest’. After the interviews, the Oxbridge professors pool students who they liked but don’t have space for, so that the less popular colleges can swoop them up instead. But if you look at the actual admission statistics for each Oxbridge college, the numbers tell a wildly different story. The acceptance rates vary loads from college to college.

In general, the University of Oxford is harder to get into than the University of Cambridge. I would argue that this makes Cambridge students cleverer than Oxford students, because they had the common sense to pick the uni where they’re more likely to get in. Plus, Cambridge is way cheaper to live in.

The easiest Cambridge college to get into is easily Murray Edwards College. This is because it’s only for girls, it’s really inconvenient to get back to after a night out, and the buildings look like scrap metal from spaceships, so nobody goes there unless they’re desperate. The easiest Oxford college to get into in 2024 is Jesus College, but the number of applications tend to vary a lot year on year.

A few of the Uni of Oxford colleges function differently to the others, which is why their admission stats seem out of proportion. Blackfriars Hall, Campion Hall, Regent’s Park College and Wycliffe Hall are called permanent private halls instead of colleges. All Souls College only accepts a handful of postgrads a year. Reuben College is the newest Oxbridge college, and I can’t find admission statistics for it yet in 2024, so it has been left off the ranking of easiest Oxbridge colleges to get into. Sorry.

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You can use this magic bar graph on the University of Cambridge’s website to see exactly what offers Cambridge made in the last five years. The University of Oxford’s 2024 admission statistics can be worked out from this report.

So, here are all the Oxbridge colleges ranked by acceptance rate – number one is the easiest to get into in 2024.

68. Blackfriars Hall, Oxford – 4.8 per cent

67. Nuffield College, Oxford – 5.9 per cent

66. All Souls College, Oxford – 7.1 per cent

65. Campion Hall, Oxford – 9.1 per cent

=63. Green Templeton College, Oxford – 10.7 per cent

=63. Linacre College, Oxford – 10.7 per cent

=61. St Antony’s College, Oxford – 10.9 per cent

=61. Trinity College, Oxford – 10.9 per cent

=59. Kellogg College, Oxford – 11.8 per cent

=59. Wadham College, Oxford – 11.8 per cent

58. St John’s College, Oxford – 12.8 per cent

57. Lincoln College, Oxford – 13.8 per cent

56. New College, Oxford – 14.5 per cent

55. Pembroke College, Oxford – 14.8 per cent

54. Harris Manchester College, Oxford – 14.9 per cent

53. Hertford College, Oxford – 15.0 per cent

52. Downing College, Cambridge – 15.1 per cent

51. Magdalen College, Oxford – 15.2 per cent

=49. Merton College, Oxford – 15.6 per cent

=49. St John’s College, Cambridge – 15.6 per cent

At least St John’s looks alright once you’ve made it in

=47. Corpus Christi College, Oxford – 15.9 per cent

=47. Pembroke College, Cambridge – 15.9 per cent

46. Keble College, Oxford – 16.0 per cent

45. Braenose College, Oxford – 16.1 per cent

=43. Trinity College, Cambridge – 16.5 per cent

=43. Wolfson College, Oxford – 16.5 per cent

42. St Edmund Hall, Oxford – 16.6 per cent

=40. Exeter College, Oxford – 16.7 per cent

=40. Somerville College Oxford – 16.7 per cent

=38. Christ Church, Oxford – 16.8 per cent

=38. St Catherine’s College, Oxford – 16.8 per cent

37. St Hilda’s College, Oxford – 17.1 per cent

=34. Regent’s Park College, Oxford – 17.3 per cent

=34. St Peter’s College, Oxford – 17.3 per cent

=34. University College, Oxford – 17.3 per cent

33. Mansfield College, Oxford – 17.6 per cent

32. St Anne’s College, Oxford – 17.7 per cent

31. The Queen’s College, Oxford – 18.0 per cent

30. Selwyn College, Cambridge – 18.1 per cent

29. St Hugh’s College, Oxford – 18.3 per cent

28. Balliol College, Oxford – 18.5 per cent

27. Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge – 18.6 per cent

Caius looks gloomy, and the students inside are even gloomier

26. Oriel College, Oxford – 18.7 per cent

=23. Clare College, Cambridge – 18.8 per cent

=23. Emmanuel College, Cambridge – 18.8 per cent

=23. Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford – 18.8 per cent

=21. Jesus College, Cambridge – 18.9 per cent

=21. Jesus College, Oxford – 18.9 per cent

20. Wolfson College, Cambridge – 19.8 per cent

19. Christ’s College, Cambridge – 20.3 per cent

18. King’s College, Cambridge – 20.5 per cent

17. St Catharine’s College, Cambridge – 21.3 per cent

16. Peterhouse, Cambridge – 21.4 per cent

15. Queens’ College, Cambridge – 22.2 per cent

14. Trinity Hall, Cambridge – 22.5 per cent

13. Corpus Christi College, Cambridge – 23.2 per cent

12. Magdalene College, Cambridge – 24.5 per cent

11. Churchill College, Cambridge – 24.8 per cent

10. Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge – 24.9 per cent

9. Newnham College, Cambridge – 25.4 per cent

8. Robinson College, Cambridge – 26.4 per cent

7. Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge – 26.9 per cent

Fitz has lots of nice trees to block the views of the weird architecture

=5. Hughes Hall, Cambridge – 27.6 per cent

=5. Homerton College, Cambridge – 27.6 per cent

4. Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge – 29.5 per cent

3. St Edmund’s College, Cambridge – 29.6 per cent

2. Girton College, Cambridge – 30.6 per cent

1. Murray Edwards College, Cambridge – 42.0 per cent

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