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As a Catalyst for Change, University of Staffordshire regularly reviews its performance in relation to access, continuation, completion, good degree attainment and graduate outcomes to ensure equality of opportunity.

University of Staffordshire uses evidence-based approaches to support equality of opportunity. Our whole institution approach is supported by our cross-institutional access and participation steering board which ensures effective working.

Our priorities include:

Increasing access to higher education for students from specific Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds
Increasing access to higher education for care leavers
Increasing access to higher education for students from low socio-economic backgrounds
Reducing the awarding gap for students from low socio-economic and low participation backgrounds
Reducing the awarding gap between Black and white students
Reducing the awarding gap between mature and young students

A full list of our priorities, enabling actions and targeted interventions can be found in our access and participation plan.

The information published on these pages show:

The number of students who attained a particular degree or other academic award, or aparticular level of such an award, on completion of their course with us.

It shows these numbers by reference to:

the sex of the individuals to which they relate
their ethnicity
their socio-economic background.

Percentage of classified first degrees at grade 2:1 or above by characteristic

2023-24 qualifiers

Characteristics	Characteristic split	Percentage
Ethnicity Ethnicity	Asian	75
	Black	76.9
	Mixed	75.2
	Other	85
	White	81.5
English IMD 2025 quintile	1	74.8
	2	80.6
	3	78.1
	4	80.5
EIMD 2019 quintile	5	82.3
Sex	Female	82.9
Sex	Male	75.4

Key:

[none]: where there are no students in the population (or two or fewer).
[low]: Low numbers of students, where there are more than two but fewer than 23 students in the denominator.
[DPL]: Data protection for low numerators, where data has been suppressed for data protection reasons. The code [DPL] has been used to indicate where the data has been suppressed due to a numerator or headcount that is less than or equal to two, meaning that the percentage will take on a value close to 0 per cent.

2024-25 qualifiers

Characteristics	Characteristic split	Percentage
Ethnicity Ethnicity	Asian	75
	Black	76.9
	Mixed	75.2
	Other	85
	White	81.5
English IMD 2025 quintile	1	74.8
	2	80.6
	3	78.1
	4	80.5
EIMD 2019 quintile	5	82.3
Sex	Female	82.9
Sex	Male	75.4

Key:

[none]: where there are no students in the population (or two or fewer).
[low]: Low numbers of students, where there are more than two but fewer than 23 students in the denominator.
[DPL]: Data protection for low numerators, where data has been suppressed for data protection reasons. The code [DPL] has been used to indicate where the data has been suppressed due to a numerator or headcount that is less than or equal to two, meaning that the percentage will take on a value close to 0 per cent.

Detailed information on attainment

Full time

2023-24 qualifiers

Full-time
Characteristic	Characteristic split	Headcount of classified First Degrees awarded	Percentage of classified First Degrees awarded as first class	Percentage of classified First Degrees awarded as upper second class	Percentage of classified First Degrees awarded as lower second class	Percentage of classified First Degrees awarded as third class / pass	Headcount of unclassified First Degrees awarded	Headcount of other undergraduate awards
Ethnicity	Asian	150	33.1	37	24.7	5.2	[none]	[low]
	Black	140	30	44.3	19.3	6.4	[none]	[low]
	Mixed	90	40	33.3	21.1	5.6	[none]	[low]
	Other	40	22.2	55.6	19.4	[DPL]	[none]	[low]
	White	1860	42.7	38.6	16.3	2.4	20	310
	Unknown	190	22.1	30	29.5	18.4	30	50
EIMD 2025 quintile	1	630	32.9	40.5	19.7	6.8	[low]	110
	2	520	34.4	41.6	19.8	4.3	[low]	80
	3	450	44.7	38.4	14.2	2.7	[low]	80
	4	420	43.1	35.9	18.3	2.7	[low]	70
	5	390	44.8	34.5	18.1	2.6	[low]	60
	N/A	80	48.1	26.6	19	6.3	[none]	[low]
	Unknown	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
Sex	Female	1380	41.9	38.8	16.3	3	[low]	190
	Male	1090	36	37.6	20.7	5.6	40	220
	Unknown	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[none]	[none]

Key:

[none]: where there are no students in the population (or two or fewer).
[low]: Low numbers of students, where there are more than two but fewer than 23 students in the denominator.
[DPL]: Data protection for low numerators, where data has been suppressed for data protection reasons. The code [DPL] has been used to indicate where the data has been suppressed due to a numerator or headcount that is less than or equal to two, meaning that the percentage will take on a value close to 0 per cent.

2024-25 qualifiers

Full-time
Characteristic	Characteristic split	Headcount of classified First Degrees awarded	Percentage of classified First Degrees awarded as first class	Percentage of classified First Degrees awarded as upper second class	Percentage of classified First Degrees awarded as lower second class	Percentage of classified First Degrees awarded as third class / pass	Headcount of unclassified First Degrees awarded	Headcount of other undergraduate awards
Ethnicity	Asian	170	39.2	38	18.1	4.8	[low]	[low]
	Black	140	34.7	41	16.7	7.6	[none]	[low]
	Mixed	90	39.6	41.8	14.3	4.4	[none]	[low]
	Other	40	31.4	57.1	11.4	[DPL]	[none]	[low]
	White	1730	46.8	38.8	12.2	2.1	[low]	200
	Unknown	90	22.5	42.7	25.8	9	[low]	50
EIMD 2025 quintile	1	550	36.1	41.2	17.9	4.9	[low]	110
	2	480	41.9	41.5	14.3	2.3	[low]	70
	3	410	46.3	36.8	14	2.9	[low]	40
	4	390	48.8	37.7	11.6	1.8	[low]	40
	5	360	50.3	38.9	8.3	2.5	[low]	40
	N/A	60	48.4	39.1	9.4	[DPL]	[none]	[low]
	Unknown	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
Sex	Female	1300	48.1	38.4	11.3	2.2	[low]	130
	Male	940	38.5	40.8	16.7	4	20	160
	Unknown	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[none]	[low]

Key:

[none]: where there are no students in the population (or two or fewer).
[low]: Low numbers of students, where there are more than two but fewer than 23 students in the denominator.
[DPL]: Data protection for low numerators, where data has been suppressed for data protection reasons. The code [DPL] has been used to indicate where the data has been suppressed due to a numerator or headcount that is less than or equal to two, meaning that the percentage will take on a value close to 0 per cent.

Part time

2023-24 qualifiers

Part-time
Characteristic	Characteristic split	Headcount of classified First Degrees awarded	Percentage of classified First Degrees awarded as first class	Percentage of classified First Degrees awarded as upper second class	Percentage of classified First Degrees awarded as lower second class	Percentage of classified First Degrees awarded as third class / pass	Headcount of unclassified First Degrees awarded	Headcount of other undergraduate awards
Ethnicity	Asian	30	56	36	[DPL]	[DPL]	[none]	[low]
	Black	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[none]	[low]
	Mixed	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[none]	[low]
	Other	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[none]	[low]
	White	200	75.9	22.6	[DPL]	[DPL]	[low]	300
	Unknown	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	30
EIMD 2025 quintile	1	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[none]	30
	2	30	59.4	40.6	[DPL]	[DPL]	[low]	50
	3	60	69.5	23.7	6.8	[DPL]	[low]	70
	4	70	77.3	19.7	[DPL]	[DPL]	[low]	120
	5	60	77	19.7	[DPL]	[DPL]	[low]	80
	N/A	30	81.5	18.5	[DPL]	[DPL]	[none]	[low]
	Unknown	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[none]	[low]
Sex	Female	30	58.8	26.5	8.8	[DPL]	[low]	140
	Male	230	72.5	24.5	2.2	[DPL]	[low]	230
	Unknown	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]

Key:

[none]: where there are no students in the population (or two or fewer).
[low]: Low numbers of students, where there are more than two but fewer than 23 students in the denominator.
[DPL]: Data protection for low numerators, where data has been suppressed for data protection reasons. The code [DPL] has been used to indicate where the data has been suppressed due to a numerator or headcount that is less than or equal to two, meaning that the percentage will take on a value close to 0 per cent.

2024-25 qualifiers

Part-time
Characteristic	Characteristic split	Headcount of classified First Degrees awarded	Percentage of classified First Degrees awarded as first class	Percentage of classified First Degrees awarded as upper second class	Percentage of classified First Degrees awarded as lower second class	Percentage of classified First Degrees awarded as third class / pass	Headcount of unclassified First Degrees awarded	Headcount of other undergraduate awards
Ethnicity	Black	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[none]	[low]
	Mixed	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[none]	[low]
	Other	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
	White	130	74.2	22	3	[DPL]	[low]	270
	Unknown	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[none]	[low]
EIMD 2025 quintile	1	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[none]	30
	2	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[none]	50
	3	30	82.1	17.9	[DPL]	[DPL]	[none]	50
	4	50	71.2	25	[DPL]	[DPL]	[none]	90
	5	40	69.4	16.7	13.9	[DPL]	[low]	70
	N/A	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	20
	Unknown	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[low]
Sex	Female	30	55.6	29.6	11.1	[DPL]	[none]	110
	Male	130	76.5	20.5	3	[DPL]	[low]	200
	Unknown	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]

Key:

[none]: where there are no students in the population (or two or fewer).
[low]: Low numbers of students, where there are more than two but fewer than 23 students in the denominator.
[DPL]: Data protection for low numerators, where data has been suppressed for data protection reasons. The code [DPL] has been used to indicate where the data has been suppressed due to a numerator or headcount that is less than or equal to two, meaning that the percentage will take on a value close to 0 per cent.

Apprenticeships

2023-24 qualifiers

Characteristic	Characteristic split	Headcount of classified First Degrees awarded	Percentage of classified First Degrees awarded as first class	Percentage of classified First Degrees awarded as upper second class	Percentage of classified First Degrees awarded as lower second class	Percentage of classified First Degrees awarded as third class / pass	Headcount of unclassified First Degrees awarded	Headcount of other undergraduate awards
Ethnicity	Asian	30	[DPL]	28.6	50	14.3	[none]	[low]
	Black	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[none]	[low]
	Mixed	30	24	36	36	[DPL]	[none]	[low]
	Other	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
	White	480	18.8	33.4	40.5	7.3	[low]	150
	Unknown	50	[DPL]	6.4	72.3	21.3	[low]	[low]
EIMD 2025 quintile	1	100	12.1	30.3	52.5	5.1	[low]	30
	2	100	17.8	33.7	36.6	11.9	[low]	30
	3	120	17.2	32.8	43.4	6.6	[low]	40
	4	130	16.7	35.6	37.9	9.8	[low]	60
	5	120	18	24.6	45.9	11.5	[low]	30
	N/A	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[none]	[low]
	Unknown	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
Sex	Female	270	22.9	33.8	35.7	7.5	[low]	130
	Male	320	11.4	28.8	49.7	10.1	[low]	60
	Unknown	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]

Key:

[none]: where there are no students in the population (or two or fewer).
[low]: Low numbers of students, where there are more than two but fewer than 23 students in the denominator.
[DPL]: Data protection for low numerators, where data has been suppressed for data protection reasons. The code [DPL] has been used to indicate where the data has been suppressed due to a numerator or headcount that is less than or equal to two, meaning that the percentage will take on a value close to 0 per cent.

2024-25 qualifiers

Characteristic	Characteristic split	Headcount of classified First Degrees awarded	Percentage of classified First Degrees awarded as first class	Percentage of classified First Degrees awarded as upper second class	Percentage of classified First Degrees awarded as lower second class	Percentage of classified First Degrees awarded as third class / pass	Headcount of unclassified First Degrees awarded	Headcount of other undergraduate awards
Ethnicity	Asian	40	30.8	35.9	17.9	15.4	[none]	[low]
	Black	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[none]	[low]
	Mixed	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[none]	[low]
	Other	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[none]	[none]
	White	470	31.8	30.1	33.5	4.5	[low]	170
	Unknown	40	9.8	14.6	61	14.6	[low]	[low]
EIMD 2025 quintile	1	90	32.2	24.4	32.2	11.1	[low]	50
	2	80	33.8	24.7	35.1	6.5	[none]	30
	3	120	18.9	37.7	39.3	4.1	[none]	40
	4	140	28.1	28.9	34.1	8.9	[none]	50
	5	140	36.6	27.5	32.4	3.5	[none]	40
	N/A	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[none]	[low]
	Unknown	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
Sex	Female	250	37	26.8	31.3	4.9	[low]	130
	Male	330	24.5	30.9	37	7.6	[low]	90
	Unknown	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]

Key:

[none]: where there are no students in the population (or two or fewer).
[low]: Low numbers of students, where there are more than two but fewer than 23 students in the denominator.
[DPL]: Data protection for low numerators, where data has been suppressed for data protection reasons. The code [DPL] has been used to indicate where the data has been suppressed due to a numerator or headcount that is less than or equal to two, meaning that the percentage will take on a value close to 0 per cent.

The information published on these pages show:

Percentage of classified first degrees at grade 2:1 or above by characteristic

2023-24 qualifiers

Key:

2024-25 qualifiers

Key:

Detailed information on attainment

Full time

2023-24 qualifiers

Full-time

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2024-25 qualifiers

Full-time

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Part time

2023-24 qualifiers

Part-time

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2024-25 qualifiers

2024-25 qualifiers

Part-time

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Apprenticeships

2023-24 qualifiers

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2024-25 qualifiers

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