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

Academic Year 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 (As at 30.6.2010) No. of eligible students 78 270 80 682 82 921 No. of applications - received - with results issued 32 413 32 413 30 946 30 946 31 932 31 921 No. of applicants - with assistance paid - with grant paid - offered loan - with loan paid 28 431 28 279 28 326 14 438 27 472 27 336 27 348 11 982 28 393 28 279 28 277 11 178 Average amount paid^ - assistance - grant - loan $39,989 $28,138 $23,632 $39,017 $28,641 $24,114 $39,085 $29,321 $25,099 Total amount of - grant paid^ - loan offered - loan paid^ $795.72m $675.39m $341.19m $782.94m $671.67m $288.93m $829.18m $728.00m $280.56m

^ Approved grant and/or loan will be paid in one or more than one instalment(s). The amount of assistance paid in 2009/10 shown in the table above does not reflect the full amount of assistance paid in the year until the 2009/10 application cycle ends.