Oxbridge Statistics
Choosing a University > Oxbridge > Oxbridge Statistics
Durham University
Be wary of any statistics. The information is useful, but you should not base decisions solely on “which is the best college?” or “which takes the most independent school applicants?” Such statistics hide the fact that “the best course” may not actually be the one that suits you, or that “the best college” could be the hardest to get into. Your research, whilst taking these statistics into account, should range much wider.
This paragraph from the Oxford University Students’ Union website puts the tables into context:
The Norrington Table lists all the Oxford colleges according to the performance in Finals of their students. Published every summer, it receives disproportionate media interest, given that the difference between the first and 30th-ranked colleges is little more than a few firsts here and there. All the same, colleges seem to put great store by the Norrington, and have been known to try various schemes to raise their position in the Table - Catz tried to limit bar opening hours, Trinity turned up the pressure on Finalists, and many colleges in the past have rusticated or sent down students as a deterrent to slackers.
Click on the statistics which you wish to see:
The Oxford Norrington league table of college degree results
The Cambridge Tompkins league table of college degree results
Oxford Admissions Statistics
Cambridge Admissions Statistics
The Oxford Norrington Table
The positions are calculated by allocating a score to the degree results of all final year undergraduates. A first is worth 5 points, an upper second is worth 4, a lower second is worth 3 and a third is worth 1. The total is then divided by the number of candidates to produce the score for the college.
| College | Positions | |||||||
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
| Merton | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Magdalen | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3= | 2 |
| Christ Church | 4 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| Balliol | 9 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| New | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 3= | 5 |
| St John's | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Trinity | 13 | 17 | 22 | 11 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 7 |
| Lincoln | 21 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 13 | 24 | 8 | 8 |
| Hertford | 10 | 10 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 9 |
| Pembroke | 27 | 22 | 27 | 25 | 24 | 17 | 23 | 10 |
| Worcester | 17 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 20= | 14 | 11 |
| St Edmund Hall | 20 | 26 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 25 | 13 | 12 |
| St Anne's | 24 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 22 | 13 |
| University | 11 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 26 | 5 | 10 | 14 |
| Jesus | 12 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 15 |
| Queen's | 25 | 21 | 14 | 27 | 27 | 20= | 12 | 16 |
| Wadham | 7 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 17 |
| Keble | 14 | 19 | 15 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 26 | 18 |
| Somerville | 8 | 28 | 24 | 28 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 19 |
| St Peter's | 26 | 29 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 26 | 27 | 20 |
| Brasenose | 18 | 5 | 25 | 13 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 21 |
| Lady Margaret Hall | 16 | 25 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 18 | 22 |
| Corpus Christi | 19 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 23 |
| Exeter | 5 | 12 | 26 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 25 | 24 |
| St Hugh's | 23 | 24 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 28 | 24 | 25 |
| St Catherine's | 22 | 16 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 22 | 21 | 26 |
| St Hilda's | 28 | 23 | 21 | 24 | 30 | 23 | 20 | 27 |
| Mansfield | 29 | 27 | 28 | 26 | 29 | 19 | 29 | 28 |
| Oriel | 15 | 11 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| Harris Manchester | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 22 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
The Cambridge Tompkins Table
The positions are calculated by allocating a score to the degree results of all final year undergraduates. A first is worth 5 points, an upper second is worth 4, a lower second is worth 3 and a third is worth 1. The total is then divided by the number of candidates to produce the score for the college.
| College | Positions | |||||||
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
| Emmanuel College | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Christ's College | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| Downing College | 8 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 3 |
| Selwyn College | 7 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 4 |
| St Catharine's College | 11 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Trinity College | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| Pembroke College | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| Corpus Christi College | 10 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 8 |
| Jesus College | 13 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 9 |
| Gonville & Caius College | 12 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| Queens' College | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 11 |
| Sidney Sussex College | 23 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 12 |
| Magdalene College | 22 | 22 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 13 |
| Fitzwilliam College | 21 | 13 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 14 |
| Churchill College | 15 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 15 |
| Trinity Hall | 17 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 16 |
| Clare College | 9 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 17 |
| King's College | 20 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 20 | 10 | 17 | 18 |
| St John's College | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 19 |
| Robinson College | 19 | 14 | 21 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 20 |
| Girton College | 18 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 21 |
| Newnham College | 24 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 13 | 21 | 23 | 22 |
| New Hall | 16 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 23 |
| Lucy Cavendish College | 26 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 24 | |||
| Peterhouse | 14 | 19 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 25 |
| Homerton College | 25 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 26 | |||
| Wolfson College | 28 | 28 | 23 | 27 | 27 | |||
| St Edmund's College | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | |||
| Hughes Hall | 27 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 29 | |||