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Read more…We’ve found that student loans are increasing in value and have increased by an average of 10% each year due to the rate that people are paying off their debts and an increase in interest rates. As of the 2017/2018 academic year, 90% of all loans belonged to full-time undergraduate students.
Loan category | 2016/17 | 2017/18 |
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Full-time undergraduate fee | £8,061mill | £8,413mill |
Full-time undergraduate maintenance | £4,870mill | £5,634mill |
Postgraduate | £469mill | £565mill |
EU students | £457mill | £514mill |
Part-time undergraduates | £236mill | £241mill |
Making up over 90% of the overall loans in the two most recent academic years, full-time undergraduate students are responsible for the vast majority of student loans. The maintenance loans and fee loans that make up full-time undergraduate loans both separately make up a greater proportion of the overall loan value than loans from the remaining borrowers. Fee loans cost £8,237 million on average over the two years (61% of the overall student loan value) and maintenance loans cost £5,252 million on average over the two years (34% of the overall student loan value).
Year | England | Northern Ireland | Wales | Scotland |
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2016 | £24,430 | £19,610 | £15,870 | £10,360 |
2017 | £32,420 | £20,850 | £19,000 | £11,650 |
2018 | £34,800 | £22,440 | £21,520 | £13,230 |
From 2016 to 2017, the amount loaned increased by 20%, and from 2017 to 2018 the amount increased by 10%. This increase could be a result of higher student living costs as well as previously increased university fees.
Year | Value of student maintenance loans | Repayments | Interest | Written off |
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2012/13 | £3,558mill | £1,407mill | £620mill | £38mill |
2013/14 | £3,784mill | £1,461mill | £921mill | £29mill |
2014/15 | £3,785mill | £1,613mill | £1,379mill | £29mill |
2015/16 | £3,942mill | £1,786mill | £1,570mill | £27mill |
2016/17 | £4,783mill | £2,016mill | £1,740mill | £30mill |
2017/18 | £5,263mill | £2,339mill | £2,497mill | £37mill |
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