Jersey students studying in other countries and related funding (FOI)Jersey students studying in other countries and related funding (FOI)
Produced by the Freedom of Information officeAuthored by States of Jersey and published on
09 April 2015.Prepared internally, no external costs.
Request
A.
How many Jersey students are the States aware of who are studying for degree qualifications outside of Jersey (split by UK, Europe and elsewhere)?
B.
What percentage of these students receive any funding from the States?
C.
Of those who receive funding, how much do they receive (split by bands of £5k)?
D.
How many students receive funding because the family has more than one child studying?
Response
A.
The States are aware of Jersey students who are registered with Student Finance, so data provided relates to these students only. Figures are correct as of 8 April 2015.
The States are aware of 1,055 Jersey students who are studying for degree qualifications outside Jersey, split as follows:
UK | 1023 |
| EU | 12 |
| USA | 8 |
| Australia | 7 |
| Other | 5 |
| Total | 1055 |
B.
73.2% of students studying for degree qualifications outside of Jersey receive funding from the States (772 students).
C.
£0 - £4,999 | 167 | 21.6 |
| £5,000 - £9,999 | 261 | 33.8 |
| £10,000 - £14,999 | 295 | 38.2 |
| £15,000 - £19,999 | 30 | 3.9 |
| £20,000 - £24,999 | 6 | 0.8 |
| £25,000 - £29,999 | 7 | 0.9 |
| £30,000 - £34,999 | 6 | 0.8 |
D.
62 students receive funding because there is more than one student at university at the same time, from the same household.
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