These are the list of Schools in Nigeria and the number of applicants they had in the last concluded Joint and matriculation examination.
From the list you can be able to see the number of applicants that are you competing with in your school of choice for admission.
STATISTICS OF STUDENTS THAT APPLIED IN EACH FEDERAL UNIVERSITY
1 ABUBAKAR TAFAWA BALEWA UNIVERSITY, BAUCHI
10,332
2 AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
75,383
3 BAYERO UNIVERSITY, KANO
64,220
4 FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, ABEOKUTA
24,136
5 FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, MAKURDI
13,138
6 FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES, EFFURUN
4,992
7 FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY MINNA
18,441
8 FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE
25,054
9 FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, OWERRI
23,742
10 FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, BIRNIN-KEBBI, KEBBI STATE
5,890
11 FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, DUTSE, JIGAWA STATE
9,073
12 FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, DUTSIN-MA, KATSINA STATE
3,569
13 FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, GASHUA, YOBE STATE
1,438
14 FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, GUSAU, ZAMFARA STATE
3,560
15 FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, KASHERE, GOMBE STATE
5,590
16 FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, LAFIA, NASARAWA STATE
6,214
17 FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, LOKOJA, KOGI STATE
4,660
18 FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, NDUFU-ALIKE, EBONY
8,063′
19 FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, OTUOKE, BAYELSA STATE
2,315
20 FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, OYE-EKITI, EKITI STATE
5,955
21 FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, WUKARI, TARABA STATE
8,328
22 MICHAEL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, UMUDIKE
22,780
23 MODIBO ADAMA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, YOLA
9,480
24 NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA
148
25 NIGERIAN DEFENCE ACADEMY, KADUNA, KADUNA STATE
25,920
26 NIGERIAN POLICE ACADEMY, WUDIL, KANO STATE
10,615
27 NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY, AWKA
61,862
28 OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY, ILE-IFE
45,924
29 UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA,ABUJA
19,040
30 UNIVERSITY OF BENIN, BENIN CITY
81,363
31 UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR, CALABAR
30,154
32 UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, IBADAN
59,176
33 UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, ILORIN
103,238
34 UNIVERSITY OF JOS, JOS
40,366
35 UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS
60,659
36 UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI
32,909
37 UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA NSUKKA.
65,954
38 UNIVERSITY OF PORT-HARCOURT
38,453
39 UNIVERSITY OF UYO
39,704
40 USMANU DANFODIO UNIVERSITY, SOKOTO
27,286
TOTAL 1,099,124
From the jamb statistics of federal universities above, it is obvious that out of 1,592,305 students that registered for jamb, 1,099,124 applied for admission in federal universities.
Source:
http://latestnigerianews.com.ng/unilag-fails-to-make-top-5-most-applied-federal-university-in-nigeria-in-2016-see-list/