What are Student Decision Reports?
Each year, we ask applicants to respond to a survey after replying to their offers so you can understand what they think.
This means our data captures offer-holders' thoughts and feelings at the exact moment they make their decisions - so you can discover what students thought at the moment that mattered.
How Student Decision Reports work
Student Decision Reports are available from July each year, after applicants have replied to any offers they received.
Your report shape and size will depend on the volume of replies from your applicants - the more responses, the more detailed the reports. We'll let you know how many responses you received and the associated pricing.
You can also benefit from additional insight on the findings, using our knowledge of the cycle, trends and your provider to create bespoke recommendations. Find out more about our Consultancy Team or take a look at our competitor package below.
Build a perfect picture of your strengths and weaknesses
- Would you like to know what made you a student’s firm choice, second choice, or last choice?
- Are there misconceptions about your campus or courses that need to be rectified?
- What are your competitors doing that’s helping them attract more learners?
Every year – just after they accept or reject their main choices – more than 100,000 applicants answer these questions and more.
Focus recruitment resource
Packed with qualitative and quantitative feedback, the Student Decision Report is the basis of a truly insight-led recruitment strategy that can help you decide where to focus your resource next.
Provided yearly with the same question set and brought to life through easy-to-understand word clouds and other methods, our expert inights show where you can take action.
With our unique access to students – there’s no other report like this.
Inform and tailor your strategy
- Discover what influenced applicants to choose you or go elsewhere - in their own words.
- Hear what they rate about everything from courses to social life, student experience, facilities, and more.
- Identify your strengths and make sure they’re front and centre in future marketing.
- Find your weaknesses, address them, and track progress in the next cycle.
- Uncover any misconceptions that might need to be explained and myth-busted.
Benchmark against your top five competitors, as well as your competitor group as a whole*
Stay ahead of the competition
Elevate your competitive edge and stay ahead int the dynamic landscape of higher education by harnessing the power of data-driven insights from UCAS.
Packed with qualitative and quantitative feedback exclusive to UCAS, the report lets you see what offer holders are really thinking, identify trends, and see how you compare to cometitors.
We'll also highlight your strengths and weaknesses and give actionable, data-led recommendations.
Student quotes
"Continued correspondence from the university before or after applying is extremely important in portraying their enthusiasm for potential applicants and attendees."
"I found the staff quite cold and not very enthusiastic. Having said this, the facilities were amazing."
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