Black students at less selective universities more likely to drop out – watchdog PA 16 December 2020, 12:20 pm Black students who attend universities with lower entry requirements are more likely to drop out of degree courses than their peers, analysis suggests. Students at the most selective universities across England are the most likely to continue with their studies into their second year whatever their ethnicity, according to the Office for Students (OfS) report. The higher education watchdog looked at access and continuation data for UK undergraduates at English universities between 2013-14 and 2018-19 – broken down by ethnicity and type of institution. Black entrants to less selective institutions had the lowest continuation rates (83%) of any ethnic group in 2017-18, the report found.