The latest survey of CIFE students' university applications shows that, in 2019:
- Over 1700 students from 25 CIFE colleges entered a UK university
- King's College, London, remained the University with the most places gained, for the second year running, closely followed by Manchester;
- 46% entered a Times Top 30 University;
- 41% entered a Russell Group University;
- 12 students entered Oxford or Cambridge universities;
- Almost a quarter of all students entered a London university
- 24% are studying Finance/Business/Management (22% in 2017) - the most popular course choice for the fifth year running
Our congratulations to those students and to the teachers who helped them succeed!
The table below shows the universities accepting the most CIFE students in 2019. Russell group universities are shown in green.
| 2019 | University | No of CIFE students |
| 1 | King’s College, London | 79 |
| 2 | Manchester | 69 |
| 3 | City, London | 65 |
| 4 | Leeds | 56 |
| 5 | Exeter | 54 |
| 6 | University College, London | 52 |
| 7 | Bristol | 51 |
| 8 | Westminster | 50 |
| 9 | Queen Mary, London | 46 |
| 10 | Newcastle | 42 |
| 11 | Coventry | 40 |
| 12 | Nottingham | 40 |
| 13= | University of the Arts, London | 38 |
| 13= | Kent | 38 |
| 15 | Surrey | 34 |
| 16 | Oxford Brookes | 32 |
| 17 | Reading | 31 |
| 18= | Royal Holloway | 28 |
| 18= | Sussex | 28 |
| 20 | Essex | 26 |
| 21= | Birmingham | 25 |
| 21= | Sheffield | 25 |
| 21= | Durham | 25 |
| 24= | Cardiff | 24 |
| 24= | Goldsmiths | 24 |
| 26 | Edinburgh | 22 |
| 27 | East Anglia | 21 |
| 28= | Brunel | 20 |
| 28= | York | 20 |
| 28= | Liverpool | 20 |
| 31 | Southampton | 19 |
| 32 | Bath | 18 |
| 33= | Nottingham Trent | 17 |
| 33= | Warwick | 17 |
| 33= | Aston | 17 |
| 33= | Lancaster | 17 |
| 37 | Loughborough | 16 |
| 38 | Imperial | 15 |
