Higher Education Student Statistics: UK, 2020/21

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Higher Education Statistics Agency
Last updated:
04 July 2023
Topic:
Education
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Summary

This bulletin is the annual first release of HESA student data. It covers data about higher education students and qualifiers from the following types of providers within the UK:

Higher education (HE) providers in England registered with the Office for Students (OfS) in the Approved (fee cap) or Approved categories; Publicly funded HE providers in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland; and Further education (FE) colleges in Wales.

These providers submit data to HESA via either the Student record or the Student alternative record. This is the second year that data from both records have been combined together in the figures within this release to provide a more complete picture of higher education within the UK. Further details on coverage can be seen in the notes section of this release. For users wishing to undertake time-series analysis that make use of data drawn exclusively from the HESA Student record (and therefore comparable with the coverage of tables and charts published in previous issues of this bulletin) an option is provided to 'Download source data 051 record only (csv)' underneath each table and chart. Please note that this is the final year this option will be available. HESA do not intend to continue with the production of 051 record only source data.

This bulletin also includes information from the HESA Aggregate offshore record and can be seen in figure 12. This separate record counts students studying wholly outside the UK who are either registered with the reporting HE provider or who are studying for an award of the reporting HE provider.

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Figure 18 - Percentage of HE student qualifications obtained in science subjects by personal characteristics 2019/20 to 2020/21 CSV 04 July 2023 Preview
Figure 17 - HE qualifications obtained by CAH level 1 subject and sex 2019/20 to 2020/21 CSV 04 July 2023 Preview
Figure 16 - Percentage of first degree qualifiers obtaining each classification 2016/17 to 2020/21 CSV 04 July 2023 Preview
Figure 15 - HE qualifications obtained by level of qualification 2016/17 to 2020/21 CSV 04 July 2023 Preview
Figure 14 - Percentage of HE student enrolments in science subjects by personal characteristics 2019/20 to 2020/21 CSV 04 July 2023 Preview
Figure 13 - HE student enrolments by CAH level 1 subject and sex 2019/20 to 2020/21 CSV 04 July 2023 Preview
Figure 12 - HE student enrolments based wholly overseas by location and type of provision 2016/17 to 2020/21 CSV 04 July 2023 Preview
Figure 11 - Top ten EU and non-EU countries of domicile (excluding the UK) in 2020/21 for HE student enrolments 2016/17 and 2020/21 CSV 04 July 2023 Preview
Figure 10 - UK domiciled first year HE student enrolments by domicile and country of HE provider 2016/17 to 2020/21 CSV 04 July 2023 Preview
Figure 9 - HE student enrolments by domicile 2016/17 to 2020/21 CSV 04 July 2023 Preview
Figure 8 - HE student enrolments by level of study, mode of study and domicile 2020/21 CSV 04 July 2023 Preview
Figure 7 - HE student enrolments by HE provider and domicile 2020/21 CSV 04 July 2023 Preview
Figure 6 - UK domiciled full-time HE undergraduate student enrolments by participation characteristics 2016/17 to 2020/21 CSV 04 July 2023 Preview
Figure 5 - HE student enrolments by personal characteristics 2016/17 to 2020/21 CSV 04 July 2023 Preview
Figure 4 - HE student enrolments at HE and FE providers by level of study and HE provider type 2016/17 to 2020/21 CSV 04 July 2023 Preview
Figure 3 - HE student enrolments by level of study 2016/17 to 2020/21 CSV 04 July 2023 Preview
Figure 2 - HE qualifications obtained by level of qualification 2011/12 to 2020/21 CSV 04 July 2023 Preview
Figure 1 - First year higher education (HE) student enrolments by level of study 2010/11 to 2020/21 CSV 04 July 2023 Preview

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Notes on this bulletin HTML 04 July 2023
Definitions HTML 04 July 2023
Data Intelligence HTML 04 July 2023

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