Written answers
Wednesday, 27 April 2022
Department of Education and Skills
Further and Higher Education
Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average annual cost of studying part-time at 'undergraduate and postgraduate level in public institutes of higher education; the total number of part-time undergraduate and postgraduate students in public institutes of higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21354/22]
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The number of part-time students enrolled in HEA-funded institutions available is shown in the table below. This data is taken from the HEA's student records system (SRS), and shows the three most recent years available.
- | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 |
---|---|---|---|
Undergraduate | 25,555 | 27,392 | 27,204 |
Postgraduate | 17,474 | 18,401 | 22,454 |
Total | 43,029 | 45,793 | 49,658 |
Neither my Department nor the HEA compile part-time undergraduate and post-graduate fee information. Part-time or flexible students can fall under a number of categories such as part-time students on traditional on-campus full-time programmes, blended learning, evening/weekend on-campus students, or online students. Part-time students can take a wide range of credits and may pay per credit and there is, therefore, no average cost for part-time courses.
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