In a new report by Economic Confidential,  Nigerian universities have been graded according to the cut-off marks, from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).

The National Universities Commission (NUC) said earlier that Grade ‘A’ universities of choice are those that can accommodate students with minimum of 180-200 scores in JAMB, according to report.

Economic Confidential said its report, 2017 official cut-off marks: Grade A, B, C of tertiary institutions in Nigeria,  was based on painstaking search and computed data from JAMB, NUC, various tertiary institutions, its computations, which indicates that some institutions are regarded as grade ‘A’ universities because “they can accommodate students with minimum of 180-200 scores in  Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME)

 Those classified as grade A universities include: University of Benin; University of Ibadan; St Albert The Great Major Seminary (Affiliated to UNIBEN); University of Lagos; Lagos State University; Afe Babalola UIniversity, Ado-Ekiti; Covenant University, Ota in Ogun State; Ekiti State University; Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State; Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State; Bayero University Kano; University of Ilorin and 29 others.

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Economic Confidential’s investigations further reveal that there are other tertiary institutions in the country considered as grade ‘B,’ with minimum cut-off marks of between 150-170 and foremost among them are: Adamawa State University, Mubi, Babcock University Ilishan-Remo, Ogun state; Redeemers University, Ogun State; American University of Nigeria (AUN) Yola; Federal School of Surveying, Oyo, Oyo State; Baze University, Abuja; Kwararafa University, Wukari, Taraba state, 74 other institutions cutting across universities, polytechnics and colleges of education owned by federal, state and private individuals and organizations.

For grade C universities, cut-off marks range between 100-145.

They are among the 167 universities, polytechnics, colleges of education and other institutions owned by federal, state and private individuals and organizations.

They include: Bauchi State University; Federal College of Forestry, Jos, Plateau State; Federal University Gashua, Yobe state; University of Mkar, Gboko, Benue state; Adeleke University, Ede, Osun state; Catholic Institute of West Africa, Port-Harcourt: Wesley University Ondo; Tansian University Anambra; Ibadan City Polytechnic Oyo; Petroleum Training Institute, Effurun, Delta State, Trinity Polytechnic Uyo and 156 other institutions across the country.