Degree gap grows for students from minority ethnic groups

Largest awarding gap between Black students and white students grew last year

The gap in degree outcomes between students from minority ethnic backgrounds and white students grew in 2021-22, reversing a recent trend.

Data published by the Office for Students (OfS) on 25 July show that the gap between the proportion of full-time undergraduate students from ethnic minority groups and white students being awarded an upper second or first-class degree grew to 11.4 percentage points in 2021-22, up from an all-time low of 9.7 percentage points in 2020-21.