The University of Ilorin,
UNILORIN, Kwara state, has emerged the 2017 university of first choice
applicants selected in this year’s Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board
(JAMB) examination.
In a new report by the Economic
Confidential based on data obtained by JAMB, UNILORIN has the highest
applications with 104,038 applicants.
The figure represents nearly 10
percent of the 1,212,818 total applicants seeking admissions into the 40
Federal Universities in Nigeria.
UNILORIN retained the number one
position as in 2016 when it had 103,238 applications.
According to the report,
applicants seeking for admission into universities considered academic
stability, popularity, affordability, available facilities and quality of
lecturers.
Of the Forty (40) federal
Universities in the country, UNILORIN tops followed by Ahmadu Bello University
(ABU) Zaria in Kaduna North-west Nigeria with 89,688 applicants.
University of Benin, UNIBEN, Edo
State in South-south is third in the ranking with 85,486 applicants; University
of Nigeria Nsukka, Enugu in South-east is fourth with 79,073 applicants,
University of Lagos (UNILAG) in South-west is fifth with 78,899 applicants
while Bayero University Kano (BUK) in North-west is sixth with 68,241 students
applicants.
Meanwhile, Federal University
Dutsima Katsina in North-west, Federal University Gashua Yobe in North-east and
National Open University (NOUN) are ranked as 38th, 39th and 40th positions.
They have 3807; 1897 and 110 applications respectively.
State Universities: Of the
current 41 official State Universities, Lagos State University (LASU), is
number one with 36,119 applicants; followed by Kaduna State University
North-west with 28,914 applicants; Delta State University Abraka,
South-south is third with 28,672 applicants.
Nasarawa State University,
North-central is fourth with 29,142 applicants; Benue State University
Makurdi in North-central and Adekunle Ajasin University Ondo in South-west
came fifth and sixth with 27, 611 and 27,579 applicants respectively.
Ondo State University of Science
and Technology, Okitipupa in South-west; Edo University, Iyamho in
South-south and Eastern Palm University, Ogboko in Imo State in the
South-east are ranked 39th, 40th and 41st. They have 399,165 and 12
applicants respectively.
As for private Universities in
the country numbering 67, the four leading institutions are all in South West.
The number one position is
Covenant University, Ota, Ogun state with 2,438 applicants; Babcock University,
Ilishan-Remo, also in Ogun with 1,599; Afe Babalola University,
Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti state 1,455 and Bowen University, Iwo, Osun state with 485
students applicants.
The fifth and sixth positions
are Abuja based Nigerian Turkish Nile University with 478 and Baze University
with 476 student applicants.
However, the following private
universities have just 5 applicants each: Chrisland University, Owode Ogun
state; Koladaisi University Ibadan, Oyo state and Legacy University Okija,
Anambra state.
The least (67th) is Kwararafa
University, Wukari, Taraba State with just 4 applicants.
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