Business studies, health, nursing, and medicine most popular first preference choices for students

The others in the top 10 most popular among the first preference choices in applications were education, nursing/midwifery, and medicine.

Business studies, health, nursing, and medicine are the most popular first preference choices for this year’s Leaving Certificate students, according to the Central Applications Office (CAO).

Of the 76,899 applications the CAO received by the February 1 closing date, 12,132 applications were for health-related honours degrees, 8,850 were for business and admin, and 7,169 were for arts honours degree courses.