UEA and social class

[Changinforaday]

So I know that some universities have a reputation for having a big "posh" and wealthy element - Durham, Exeter, Bristol in particular.

What is UEA like socially?

I had friends years ago who went there and they were all really quirky, interesting and clever people, but never part of that "posh set".

I am wondering if this is still the case or if it's changed substantially.

Thanks

I'm from Essex and UEA is a very popular (usually) insurance choice for kids here. Many don't want to go London (cost) or to travel too far so UEA fits the bill, plus for subjects like Economics I think their requirement allow for a B or 2.
Also it tends to be the top choice for Art students.

It's absolutely not posh!

On the International students at UEA aspect as @Seeline points out it is not as high as some. At just over 12% of undergrads it is the same as Loughborough, slightly less than York, and slightly more than Cardiff. Quite a bit less than Essex, Sussex or Lancaster, all around the 26-27% mark. And way less, in common with every other Uni, than LSE or Imperial.

But not particularly so from a geographic perspective, almost all - the stand out exceptions being Durham and Nottingham (Uni of not Trent) have a strong regional / adjoining region pull. UEA really not an outlier in that respect.

@boys3 thanks for those figures - they are fascinating. I hadn't realised how many unis were 'local' if that's the way to describe them. I'm from London and I think (it feels that way) that most kids are keen to get out of London and try a different bit of the country for uni. My DCs have friends all over the place. They were at selective schools so it wasn't as if many of their friends weren't capable of top London unis, they just didn't feature apart from a few really specialist areas (UCL for architecture eg).