Higher Education Student Statistics: UK, 2024/25

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Higher Education Statistics Agency
Last updated:
23 February 2026
Topic:
Education
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Summary

This bulletin is the annual first release of HESA student data. It draws upon data from the revised student data collection (delivered by the Data Futures programme) and marks the third year of reporting using the new data model. We have increased confidence in data quality due to Jisc actively advancing early quality assurance initiatives that shift quality assurance guidance relevant to onward use of the data earlier in the process with providers, reducing reliance on post-collection quality assurance and strengthening data quality at the source. A comprehensive post-collection quality report was not produced for the 24/25 academic year. Please refer to our data quality and insights resource for further information on data quality and provider specific data notes.

The coverage of data is detailed in the notes section of this release. In summary, we cover data about higher education students and qualifiers from the following types of providers within the UK: -Higher education (HE) providers in England registered with the Office for Students (OfS) in the Approved (fee cap) or Approved categories; -Publicly funded HE providers in Northern Ireland and Scotland; and -Providers in Wales that are funded directly for higher education provision by Medr and providers in Wales that return data to HESA about specifically designated courses.

This bulletin also includes information from the HESA Aggregate Offshore record which can be seen in Figure 12. This separate record counts students studying wholly outside the UK who are either registered with the reporting HE provider or who are studying for an award of the reporting HE provider.

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Figure 18 - Percentage of HE student qualifications obtained in science subjects by personal characteristics 2020/21 to 2024/25 CSV 23 February 2026 Preview
Figure 17 - HE qualifications obtained by CAH level 1 subject and sex 2020/21 to 2024/25 CSV 23 February 2026 Preview
Figure 16 - Percentage of first degree qualifiers obtaining each classification 2020/21 to 2024/25 CSV 23 February 2026 Preview
Figure 15 - HE qualifications obtained by level of qualification 2020/21 to 2024/25 CSV 23 February 2026 Preview
Figure 14 - Percentage of HE student enrolments in science subjects by personal characteristics 2020/21 to 2024/25 CSV 23 February 2026 Preview
Figure 13 - HE student enrolments by CAH level 1 subject and sex 2020/21 to 2024/25 CSV 23 February 2026 Preview
Figure 12 - HE student enrolments based wholly overseas by location and type of provision 2020/21 to 2024/25 CSV 23 February 2026 Preview
Figure 11 - Top ten EU and non-EU countries of permanent address (excluding the UK) in 2022/23 for HE student enrolments 2020/21 to 2024/25 CSV 23 February 2026 Preview
Figure 10 - HE student entrant enrolments with permanent address in the UK by permanent address and country of HE provider 2020/21 to 2024/25 CSV 23 February 2026 Preview
Figure 9 - HE student enrolments by permanent address 2020/21 to 2024/25 CSV 23 February 2026 Preview
Figure 8 - HE student enrolments by level of study, mode of study and permanent address 2024/25 CSV 23 February 2026 Preview
Figure 7 - HE student enrolments by HE provider and permanent address 2024/25 CSV 23 February 2026 Preview
Figure 6 - UK permanent address full-time HE undergraduate student enrolments by participation characteristics 2020/21 to 2024/25 CSV 23 February 2026 Preview
Figure 5 - HE student enrolments by personal characteristics 2020/21 to 2024/25 CSV 23 February 2026 Preview
Figure 4 - HE student enrolments at HE and FE providers by level of study and HE provider type 2020/21 to 2024/25 CSV 23 February 2026 Preview
Figure 3 - HE student enrolments by level of study 2020/21 to 2024/25 CSV 23 February 2026 Preview
Figure 2 - HE qualifications obtained by level of qualification 2015/16 to 2024/25 CSV 23 February 2026 Preview
Figure 1 - Higher education (HE) student entrant enrolments by level of study 2015/16 to 2024/25 CSV 23 February 2026 Preview

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Notes on this bulletin HTML 23 February 2026
Definitions HTML 23 February 2026
Detailed Findings HTML 23 February 2026

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