Financial Assistance Scheme for Post-secondary Students (FASP)
Summary of Statistics

Academic Year 2008/2009 2008/2009
(as at 31.1.2009)
2009/2010
(as at 31.1.2010)
No. of eligible students
- Sub-degree / degree students
- Top-up degree students
Total

52 180
3 350
55 530

52 180
3 350
55 530

55 160
4 790
59 950
No. of applications
- received
- with results issued

21 943
21 943

21 783
13 043

25 637
18 620
No. of applicants
- with assistance offered
- with assistance paid
- with grant offered
- with grant paid
- with loan offered
- with loan paid

17 804
17 597
17 729
17 540
17 748
7 364

11 247
9 402
11 204
9 381
11 236
3 115

15 562
13 237
15 512
13 204
15 544
5 402
Average amount paid
- assistance
- grant
- loan

$43 726
$33 565
$24 552

$41 937
$33 848
$24 641

$42 801
$33 096
$23 985
Total amount of
- grant offered
- grant paid
- loan offered
- loan paid

$592.90m
$588.73m
$450.36m
$180.80m

$399.55m
$317.53m
$305.63m
$76.76m

$562.48m
$436.99m
$433.61m
$129.57m