Written answers
Tuesday, 29 July 2025
Department of Education and Skills
Departmental Data
Maeve O'Connell (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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3381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report the total number of students registered in higher education institutions each year for the past five years. [42607/25]
James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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Total enrolments as recorded on the Higher Education Authority (HEA)'s Student Records System for the most recent five years available are below. Data for 2024/25 will be published in Q3 of this year.
2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
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246,630 | 259,900 | 261,010 | 256,785 | 265,905* |
*Data for 2023/24 includes, for the first time, enrolments from the National College of Ireland (NCI). Excluding NCI, enrolments for 2023/24 stood at 260,070
Statistics on student enrolments are available on the HEA's website.
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