CAO points 2025: full course list
What courses took in the 2025 offer rounds.
Every course and what it took in 2025
Round one and round two, as the CAO published them. A dash in the round two column means no Round 2 figure is published in this source. It does not explain why, or predict later offers. Sort any column, or narrow by level, institution or search.
Median
323.5
Mean
349
Across the 1,197 courses comparable with 2024, points rose: 618 up, 488 down, and the middle course moved +1.
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105 courses are hidden, the ones the CAO marks as needing a portfolio, an audition, an interview or a test. Where that assessment is scored and added to the Leaving Certificate total, the figure beside the course is not a points total and cannot be compared with the rest. .
- Random selection
- More people had these points than there were places, so the last places went to a lottery. Having the points did not guarantee an offer.
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CAO points 2025 in figures
Worked out from the 1,242 courses above that published a points figure. Courses scored on a portfolio, an audition or the GAMSAT are left out of every number here, because those figures are not points and averaging them in would produce something that describes nothing.
What were the average CAO points in 2025?
The two figures below are the whole list at once. The average broken down splits them by year, by level, by subject and by college, which is where a figure starts being about courses a reader is actually considering.
Median
323.5
The course in the middle. Half of the 1,242 courses asked for less than this.
Mean
349
The arithmetic average, pulled upward by the handful of courses in the 600s.
Courses counted
1,242
Every course with a round one points figure in 2025.
At 625
3
Courses that took the maximum a Leaving Certificate can give. On 2 of them the last places went to a random selection, so 625 was not a guarantee.
Did CAO points go up or down in 2025?
Across the 1,197 courses with a comparable figure in both 2024 and 2025, points rose. The middle course moved +1, which is the number worth holding on to: the headline cases at either end are a handful of courses, not the year.
Went up
618
52 out of every 100 compared courses.
Went down
488
41 out of every 100 compared courses.
Stayed the same
91
Same figure in both years, to the point.
Which courses rose the most in 2025?
- Dental Technology (interview) TR803Trinity College Dublin+250
- Tourism and Event Management SE922South East Technological University+192
- Electronic Engineering SE730South East Technological University+169
- Science - Applied Biology or Applied Chemistry SE516South East Technological University+119
- Sound Engineering and Music Production DB534Dublin Business School+106
- Coaching and Sports Performance MT513Munster Technological University+97
- Government and Political Science CK122University College Cork (NUI)+88
- Ophthalmic Dispensing TU761Technological University Dublin+88
Which courses fell the most in 2025?
- Strength and Conditioning SC801Setanta College-160
- Strength and Conditioning SC601Setanta College-148
- Accounting and Finance US610Technological University of the Shannon-119
- Law - Criminal Justice GC418Griffith College-118
- Design Engineering US812Technological University of the Shannon-113
- Computer Engineering with Network Infrastructure US824Technological University of the Shannon-108
- Music and Performance Technologies DK792Dundalk Institute of Technology-106
- Digital Marketing and Strategic Communication DK818Dundalk Institute of Technology-105
A course moves because of how many people put it first and how many places it had, not because it got harder or easier. A big jump usually means a small course: take twenty places off a course with sixty and the last person offered is a long way up the list.
How the 2025 points were spread
- 600 and over1%13
- 500 to 59912%145
- 400 to 49921%257
- 300 to 39930%373
- 200 to 29932%401
- Under 2004%53
Each bar is that band’s share of the 1,242 courses, drawn against the largest band rather than against the full width, so the difference between the middle bands is visible.
The highest points courses in 2025
- Economics and Finance DN670University College Dublin (NUI)625
- Management Science and Information Systems Studies TR034Trinity College Dublin625
- Dental Science TR052Trinity College Dublin625
- Global Business (USA) DC116Dublin City University617
- Engineering with Management TR038Trinity College Dublin617
- Dentistry CK702University College Cork (NUI)613
- Actuarial & Financial Studies DN230University College Dublin (NUI)613
- Dentistry RC007RCSI University of Medicine & Health Sciences613
The lowest points courses in 2025
- Film and Creative Media DB576Dublin Business School108
- Business Studies DB571Dublin Business School108
- Fashion Design GC495Griffith College109
- Graphic Communication Design GC480Griffith College109
- Construction Management DK732Dundalk Institute of Technology120
- Business GB001Galway Business School122
- Communications GC465Griffith College126
- Business in Marketing DB573Dublin Business School126
A low figure means the places were not contested, not that the course is a lesser one. Several of these are at private colleges, where the fees rather than the points are what keeps the numbers down.
Questions people ask about 2025 points
What were the average CAO points in 2025?+
Across the 1,242 courses that published a round one points figure in 2025, the median was 323.5 points and the mean was 349. The median is the course in the middle, so half of all courses asked for less than 323.5 points. Courses scored on a portfolio, an audition or the GAMSAT are left out, because those figures are not on the points scale.
Did CAO points go up or down in 2025?+
Of the 1,197 courses with a comparable figure in both 2024 and 2025, 618 went up, 488 went down and 91 stayed the same, so points rose overall. The middle course moved +1 point.
Which course rose the most in 2025?+
Dental Technology (interview) at Trinity College Dublin, CAO code TR803, went from 351 points in 2024 to 601 in 2025, a rise of 250. A course moves because of how many people put it first against how many places it had, not because it became harder.
Which course fell the most in 2025?+
Strength and Conditioning at Setanta College, CAO code SC801, went from 382 points in 2024 to 222 in 2025, a fall of 160.
What was the highest CAO points course in 2025?+
3 courses took 625 points in 2025, the most a Leaving Certificate can give, among them Economics and Finance at University College Dublin (NUI). On 2 of them the last places went to a random selection, so having 625 was not a guarantee of an offer.
What was the lowest CAO points course in 2025?+
Film and Creative Media at Dublin Business School took 108 points, the lowest round one figure published in 2025. A low figure means the places were not contested, not that the course is a lesser one.
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Where these figures came from
Checked 30 July 2026. Remember that a course's points are the points of the last applicant offered a place, not a threshold set in advance. Why the numbers move. CAO source (opens in a new tab)