Top 20 universities for students’ first impressions

Survey reveals the universities that are best at making new students feel right at home

September 4, 2014

According to a report out this week, universities that fail to quickly make a good impression on new students suffer higher dropout rates than those that do.

Research consultancy YouthSight surveyed more than 10,300 students, and asked them to rate their university in terms of their initial experiences of the institution.

The 20 universities for “excellent early student experience” (in reverse order) are:

20	University of Surrey
19	Aberystwyth University
18	University of Exeter
17	Edge Hill University
16	University of Birmingham
15	Imperial College London
14	University of East Anglia
13	University of Sheffield
12	Heriot-Watt University
11	University of Nottingham
10	Bangor University
9	Loughborough University
8	Falmouth University
7	Norwich University of the Arts
6	University of Bath
5	University of Durham
4	Harper Adams University
3	University of St Andrews
2	University of Oxford
1	University of Cambridge

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Top 20 universities for students’ first impressions

Survey reveals the universities that are best at making new students feel right at home

The 20 universities for “excellent early student experience” (in reverse order) are:

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