Students wanting to attend university are increasingly worried about graduate debt
Figures have shown that applications to practical university courses that lead to jobs afterwards have increased courses such as veterinary science, dentistry, engineering and the sciences. The number of students that applied for medicine increased by up to a fifth in the four months before Christmas, quicker than any other subjects.
These results come after concerns about the average debts of students rising from £25k to £50k in parts of London. This has meant that more students are applying for courses that lead to a more stable graduate job at the end of the course. Johnny Rich, editor of the university guide Push.co.uk said: "The increase in applications over the last few years has been based on what students want to study. Now it is based on what they think they may earn money from."
This comes after the rise in applications to university to avoid the 2012 university fee increase which is leaving as many as a quarter of a million students without courses. Also with many of the students applying for jobs within nursing, midwifery, physiotherapy, speech therapy, and radiography that get their fees paid this may see a large increase in applications to avoid having to pay the higher fees.
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