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Table 4: All students receiving support 1 from SAAS by level of study and domicile, 2002-03 to 2007-08
| 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 |
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Total 1,2 | Scots Domiciled | EU Domiciled | Total 1,2 | Scots Domiciled | EU Domiciled | Total 1,2 | Scots Domiciled | EU Domiciled |
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Total | 121,080 | 116,600 | 4,480 | 121,855 | 116,880 | 4,975 | 120,525 | 114,660 | 5,865 |
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Postgraduate 3 | 3,940 | 3,705 | 235 | 3,845 | 3,565 | 280 | 4,290 | 3,900 | 390 |
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First degree | 87,020 | 82,770 | 4,250 | 88,930 | 84,235 | 4,695 | 89,025 | 83,650 | 5,375 |
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Other Undergraduate 4 | 30,085 | 30,085 | - | 29,045 | 29,040 | 0 | 27,200 | 27,100 | 100 |
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Unknown | 40 | 40 | - | 35 | 35 | - | 10 | 10 | - |
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| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 |
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Total 1,2 | Scots Domiciled | EU Domiciled | Total 1,2 | Scots Domiciled | EU Domiciled | Total 1,2 | Scots Domiciled | EU Domiciled |
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Total | 121,235 | 114,850 | 6,385 | 121,990 | 114,610 | 7,385 | 122,505 | 113,825 | 8,680 |
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Postgraduate 3 | 5,085 | 4,700 | 385 | 5,070 | 4,645 | 420 | 4,705 | 4,260 | 445 |
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First degree | 88,910 | 83,045 | 5,865 | 89,725 | 82,910 | 6,815 | 90,680 | 82,635 | 8,045 |
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Other Undergraduate 4 | 27,230 | 27,095 | 135 | 27,165 | 27,015 | 150 | 27,095 | 26,900 | 195 |
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Unknown | 10 | 10 | - | 35 | 35 | - | 30 | 30 | - |
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Source: SAAS management information.
1. 'Students supported' are those receiving fees (or fee loans) and/or awards and/or who have been assessed for maintenance loans.
2. Student numbers have been rounded up or down to the nearest 5 (e.g. 1, 2 round to 0; 3, 4 round to 5). Cells containing a dash indicate 0 students.
3. Postgraduate student numbers include those doing Post Graduate Diploma in Education and Post Graduate Diploma in Community Education courses even though such students are funded in the same way as undergraduates.
4. 'Other undergraduates' include students at Adult Education colleges who are funded under the Adult Education Allowances Scheme.
8. Table 4 shows that the number of EU students has increased in each academic year since 2002-2003. In academic year 2007-2008 SAAS supported 8,680 EU students; this is 93.8% higher than in 2002-2003 and 17.6% higher than in 2006-2007. This increase means that Scots students made up 92.9% of all those supported in 2007-2008 compared to 96.3% in 2002-2003.
9. The majority of students supported are studying at first degree level. In 2007-2008 almost three quarters of those supported (74.0%, 90,680 students) were studying at first degree level, 22.1% (27,095 students) were studying at 'other undergraduate' level and 3.8% (4,705) were studying at postgraduate level. This distribution is reflected for Scottish domiciled students but EU domiciled students are more likely to be first degree students: 92.7% (8,045 out of 8,680) of EU students supported by SAAS studied first degrees in 2007-2008. Since academic year 2002-2003 there has been a decrease of 10.0% in the number of supported students at 'other undergraduate' level (possibly reflecting published trends in falling sub-degree level entrants in Scotland 2). Postgraduate numbers have increased by 19.5% (despite a 7.2% fall between 2006-2007 and 2007-2008) and first degree numbers have increased by 4.2% in the same period.
10. Table 4 contains corrections of the figures for academic years 2002-2003 to 2006-2007 published in 'Student Awards in Scotland 2006-07'. These corrections are a result of changes made to how different qualification types were classified. They mainly affect around 230-320 EU students in each year who have now been re-categorised from 'first degree' to 'postgraduate' though other smaller groups have also been affected. Corrected versions of this table for academic years 2001-2002 and earlier can be found at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Lifelong-learning/SAAS.
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