Tertiary Student Finance Scheme - Publicly-funded Programmes Summary of Statistics

Academic Year 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 (As at 31.10.2008) No. of eligible students 78 694 78 270 80 682 No. of applications - received - with results issued 35 831 35 831 32 413 32 413 29 348 17 178 No. of applicants - with assistance paid - with grant paid - offered loan - with loan paid 31 128 30 943 30 972 17 416 28 431 28 279 28 326 14 438 14 299 14 243 15 944 5 630 Average amount paid^ - assistance - grant - loan $39,776 $27,176 $22,809 $39,989 $28,138 $23,632 $19,980 $15,189 $12,319 Total amount of - grant paid^ - loan offered - loan paid^ $840.90m $712.43m $397.25m $795.72m $675.39m $341.19m $216.33m $400.86m $69.36m

^ Approved grant and/or loan will be paid in one or more than one instalment(s). The amount of assistance paid in 2008/09 shown in the table above does not reflect the full amount of assistance paid in the year until the 2008/09 application cycle ends.