Data set from Student loan forecasts for England

Table 14: Average length of funding per higher education undergraduate student

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Average length of funding per higher education undergraduate student.

Data set details

Theme
Finance and funding
Publication
Student loan forecasts for England
Release type
Number of rows
2
Geographic levels
National
Indicators
  • Average length of funding per borrower
Filters
  • Loan type
Time period
2029/30

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Table showing first 2 rows, from underlying data
plan_typeloan_typeaverage_length_funding_since_202324time_periodtime_identifiergeographic_levelcountry_codecountry_name
TotalHigher education full time3202930Academic yearNationalE92000001England
TotalHigher education part time2202930Academic yearNationalE92000001England

Variables in this data set

Table showing all 2 variables
Variable nameVariable description
average_length_funding_since_202324Average length of funding per borrower
loan_typeLoan type - Filter by loan type

Footnotes

  1. Coverage: Borrowers who receive undergraduate loans through Student Finance England. For further details on eligibility, please see the Student Finance England practitioner website: https://www.practitioners.slc.co.uk/products (opens in a new tab).
  2. The outlay model only forecasts students as receiving loans up to six years after entering higher education; therefore, no Plan 1 outlay is forecast. However, there are some exceptional cases where students may still be paid a Plan 1 loan across our forecast horizon, for example, if they had suspended their studies.
  3. A summary timeline of the introduction of different plan types is available in Table 1.1 in the publication Methodology: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/methodology/student-loan-forecasts-for-england-methodology
  4. These figures are restricted to higher education undergraduate loans and do not include Advanced Learner.
  5. Years counted for years of funding do not need to be consecutive for the same period of study. Where a borrower funds different periods of study with student loans, each period of study is counted separately.
  6. Averages are over all student cohorts between 2023/24 and 2029/30.
  7. Average length of funding is mean average value.
  8. Average funding lengths have been rounded to the nearest year.
  9. The model assumes that starting from the 2023/24 academic year, all loan-borrowing undergraduate entrants receive Plan 5 loans. Consequently, the figures for Plan 5 are identical to the ‘Total’ for all plans in this table.

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