Performance analysis of applicants of UTME2015. Which universities performed best? Find out.

1. UTME
2015
NIGERIAN
UNIVERSITIES
PERFORMANCE
INDEX

2. “Performance is your reality.
Forget everything else.”
2
- Harold S. Geneen

3. The 2015/2016 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination
(UTME) organized by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation
Board (JAMB) attracted 1.48 million candidates.
Each jostling for about 500,000 admission spaces which
exists in Nigerian universities. One thing that eventually
qualifies candidates for the next stage of the admission
process is the quality of their Performance in UTME.
UTME total score is 400 marks; Cut-off marks –
 University – 200 and above
 Polytechnics – 180 and above
 Colleges of Education – 160 and above
This analysis hopes to use Students’ performances in the 2015
UTME to identify the most competitive Nigerian universities –
Federal, Private and State.
HOME OF BRAINS

4. UTME 2015 TOTAL APPLICATION –
1,475,513
FEDERAL UNIVERSITY
APPLICATION
67.34%
STATE UNIVERSITY
APPLICATION
31.79%
PRIVATE UNIVERSITY
APPLICATION
0.87%
FEDERAL UNIVERSITY
COUNT
40
STATE UNIVERSITY
COUNT
38
PRIVATE UNIVERSITY
COUNT
48
STUDENT RATIO
1:24,589
STUDENT RATIO
1:12,221
STUDENT RATIO
1:265

5. UTME 2015 TOTAL APPLICATION –
1,475,513
DIRECT APPLICATION TO UNIVERSITY
1,460,706
AFFILIATE INSTITUTION
APPLICATION
14,807
99% 1%
Applicants who choose Colleges of Education and
Polytechnics/Monotechnics that are affiliated to Universities
account for just 1% of total UTME 2015 applications.

6. APPLICATION AND PERFORMANCE
NUMBER OF
APPLICANTS
NUMBER OF
APPLICANTS
THAT SCORED
200 AND
ABOVE
PERFORMANCE INDEX = TOTAL APPLICANTS
SCORED>= 200 MARKS

7. 7
PERFORMANCE INDEX (PI) – Top 20
INSTITUTION OWNER STATE ZONE APPLICANTS >=200 PI
PAN-ATLANTIC Private Lagos SW 65 51 78.46%
COVENANT Private Ogun SW 3,041 2,263 74.42%
BABCOCK Private Ogun SW 2,101 1,487 70.78%
AFE BABALOLA Private Ekiti SW 1,386 944 68.11%
ELIZADE Private Ondo SW 46 31 67.39%
BOWEN Private Ogun SW 570 381 66.84%
CALEB Private Lagos SW 47 27 57.45%
WELLSPRING Private Edo SS 7 4 57.14%
LANDMARK Private Kwara NC 248 140 56.45%
REDEEMER Private Ogun SW 197 109 55.33%
NIGERIA TURKISH Private FCT NC 249 132 53.01%
UNILAG Federal Lagos SW 62,471 33,007 52.84%
BASE Private FCT NC 376 197 52.39%
BINGHAM Private Nasarawa NC 331 173 52.27%
VERITAS Private FCT NC 67 35 52.24%
AUN Private Adamawa NE 198 103 52.02%
UI Federal Oyo SW 47,497 23,654 49.80%
OAU Federal Osun SW 43,965 21,733 49.43%
BELLS Private Ogun SW 173 84 48.55%
CRAWFORD Private Ogun SW 57 27 47.37%

8.  The University with the best Performance Index (PI)
is Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos
 Out of the Top 20 Universities; 17 are Private
Universities while the remaining 3 are Federal
 13 of the Top 20 Universities are located in South
West political zone while 5 are in North Central
 UNILAG is the Federal University with the best
Performance Index – 52.84%; placed in distance 12th
position
 Abia State University is the State University with the
best Performance Index – 37.44% (34th position)
 Only 16 of 113 Universities (12.40%) achieved a
Performance Index of at least 50%. Just 3 University
have PI greater than 70% - Private Universities.
PERFORMANCE INDEX (PI) – Top 20

9. UNIVERSITIES WITH PI OF 70% AND ABOVE
3 UNIVERSITIES 2.33%
UNIVERSITIES WITH PI BETWEEN 60% AND 70%
UNIVERSITIES WITH PI LESS 50%
UNIVERSITIES WITH PI BETWEEN 0% AND 59.99%
PERFORMANCESCALE
113
UNIVERSITIES 87.60%
10 UNIVERSITIES 7.75%
3 UNIVERSITIES 2.33%

10. FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES – Top 20 PI
INSTITUTION STATE ZONE APPLICANT > = 200 PI
UNILAG Lagos SW 62,471 33,007 52.84%
UI Oyo SW 47,497 23,654 49.80%
OAU Osun SW 43,965 21,733 49.43%
UNN Enugu SE 66,788 30,694 45.96%
UNIBEN Edo SS 71,496 30,880 43.19%
UNIZIK Anambra SE 70,609 29,431 41.68%
FUAAB Ogun SW 22,888 8,513 37.19%
UNILORIN Kwara NC 107,488 39,907 37.13%
FUTA Ondo SW 15,737 5,560 35.33%
FUOYE Ekiti SW 4,006 1,342 33.50%
UNIABJ FCT NC 12,617 4,180 33.13%
UNIUYO Akwa-Ibom SS 41,759 13,208 31.63%
FU-EBONYI Ebonyi SE 6,185 1,907 30.83%
UNIPORT Rivers SS 34,011 10,410 30.61%
UNICAL Cross-Rivers SS 28,106 8,534 30.36%
FUPRE Delta SS 4,073 1,217 29.88%
NDA Kaduna NW 21,110 6,290 29.80%
UNIJOS Plateau NC 41,286 11,902 28.83%
FU-LOKOJA Kogi NC 4,227 1,212 28.67%
FUTO Imo SE 24,057 6,577 27.34%

11. FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES – Top 5
INSTITUTION STATE ZONE APPLICANT > = 200 PI
UNILAG Lagos SW 62,471 33,007 52.84%
UI Oyo SW 47,497 23,654 49.80%
OAU Osun SW 43,965 21,733 49.43%
UNN Enugu SE 66,788 30,694 45.96%
UNIBEN Edo SS 71,496 30,880 43.19%
UNILAG
UI
UNNOAU
UNIBEN

12. STATE UNIVERSITIES – Top 20 PI
INSTITUTION STATE ZONE APPLICANT > = 200 PI
ABSU Abia SE 9,467 3,544 37.44%
OSUN Osun SW 8,562 2,969 34.68%
ANSU Anambra SE 6,594 2,262 34.30%
LASU Lagos SW 11,748 3,951 33.63%
DELSU Delta SS 29,298 9,508 32.45%
AAUA Ondo SW 23,020 7,353 31.94%
OOU Ogun SW 11,577 3,690 31.87%
EKSU Ekiti SW 13,635 4,094 30.03%
EBSU Ebonyi SE 11,776 3,478 29.53%
BENSU Benue NC 29,050 8,195 28.21%
LAUTECH Osun SW 15,807 4,413 27.92%
IMSU Imo SE 39,144 10,710 27.36%
KWASU Kwara NC 3,128 842 26.92%
EKPOMA Delta SS 25,194 6,772 26.88%
RSUST Rivers SS 20,341 5,426 26.68%
TAISOLARIN Ogun SW 5,101 1,240 24.31%
KOGSU Kogi NC 25,288 5,920 23.41%
ESUTECH Enugu SE 8,464 1,951 23.05%
PLSU Plateau NC 3,599 757 21.03%
NDU Delta SS 21,262 4,431 20.84%

13. STATE UNIVERSITIES – Top 5
INSTITUTION STATE ZONE APPLICANT > = 200 PI
ABSU Abia SE 9,467 3,544 37.44%
OSUN Osun SW 8,562 2,969 34.68%
ANSU Anambra SE 6,594 2,262 34.30%
LASU Lagos SW 11,748 3,951 33.63%
DELSU Delta SS 29,298 9,508 32.45%
ABSU
OSUNANSU LASUDELSU

14. PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES – Top 20 PI
INSTITUTION STATE ZONE APPLICANT > = 200 PI
PAN-ATLANTIC Lagos SW 65 51 78.46%
COVENANT Ogun SW 3,041 2,263 74.42%
BABCOCK Ogun SW 2,101 1,487 70.78%
AFE BABALOLA Ekiti SW 1,386 944 68.11%
ELIZADE Ondo SW 46 31 67.39%
BOWEN Ogun SW 570 381 66.84%
CALEB Lagos SW 47 27 57.45%
WELLSPRING Edo SS 7 4 57.14%
LANDMARK Kwara NC 248 140 56.45%
REDEEMERS Ogun SW 197 109 55.33%
NTNU FCT NC 249 132 53.01%
BAZE FCT NC 376 197 52.39%
BINGHAM Nasarawa NC 331 173 52.27%
VERITAS FCT NC 67 35 52.24%
AUN Adamawa NE 198 103 52.02%
BELLS Ogun SW 173 84 48.55%
CRAWFORD Ogun SW 57 27 47.37%
PAUL Anambra SE 17 8 47.06%
CARITAS Enugu SE 135 61 45.19%
MCPHERSON Ogun SW 29 13 44.83%

15. PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES – Top 5
INSTITUTION STATE ZONE APPLICANT > = 200 PI
PAN-ATLANTIC Lagos SW 65 51 78.46%
COVENANT Ogun SW 3,041 2,263 74.42%
BABCOCK Ogun SW 2,101 1,487 70.78%
AFE BABALOLA Ekiti SW 1,386 944 68.11%
ELIZADE Ondo SW 46 31 67.39%
PAN
ATLANTIC COVENANTBABCOCK AFE
BABALOLAELIZADE

16. WHAT REALLY IS THE
PERFORMANCE INDEX OF APPLICANTS
TO NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES?

17. Candidates of Universities that scored at least 200 of 400 marks
ranges from 78.46% (PAN-ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY) and 1.58%
(KEBBI STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY).
TOTAL APPLICANTS
TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT
SCORED AT LEAST 200 MARKS
1,460,706 452,393
30.97%
(DIRECT UNIVERSITY APPLICANTS)
JUST ABOUT 31% OF TOTAL APPLICANTS TO NIGERIAN
UNIVERSITIES SCORED AT LEAST 50% OF THE TOTAL MARKS!

18. FEDERAL STATE PRIVATE
TOTAL APPLICANT
983,572
TOTAL APPLICANT
464,409
TOTAL APPLICANT
12,725
> = 200 MARKS
334,568
> = 200 MARKS
110,566
> = 200 MARKS
7,259
34.02% 23.81% 57.05%
Federal and State Universities averages below 50% while Private Universities
achieved 57%. We can therefore conclude that Private Universities attracts
more intelligent candidates than Federal and State Universities.
IN FACT, IT IS REPORTED THAT GRADUATES FROM PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES
PERFORMS BETTER THAN OTHER GRADUATES FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL SPECIAL
SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME FOR INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT (PRESSID)

19. THE PROBLEM WITH NIGERIA STUDENTS IS NOT THE
CARRYING CAPACITY OF OUR UNIVERSITIES, IT IS
THE INTELLECTUAL CAPACITY OF OUR APPLICANTS!
SO, EVEN IF YOU INCREASE THE CARRYING
CAPACITY OF OUR UNIVERSITIES; ON MERIT, THERE
WON’T BE ENOUGH CANDIDATES TO ADMIT!
THEREFORE, THE GOVERNMENT (AT ALL LEVELS),
AND PARENTS HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO GIVE
ALL THAT IT REQUIRES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF
THE EDUCATION OF NIGERIAN STUDENTS!

20. Reference –
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board,
UTME 2015 Result

21. Analysis by: Wale Micaiah
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