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Table 27 - UK domiciled first year students by ethnicity and higher education provider tariff grouping 2014/15 to 2021/22

HE Student Data

Table 27 - UK domiciled first year students by ethnicity and higher education provider tariff grouping

Academic years 2014/15 to 2021/22

 
 

In order to create the Low, Medium and High entry tariffs groupings, HE providers within the tariffable population (first year, undergraduate, UK domiciled, 20 year old and under students with UCAS tariff points) are ranked based on average (mean tariff) and split equally into 3 groups. If the split is not equal, any remainders are placed in the medium category. The top third HE providers are recorded as having high entry tariffs, the low third set are labelled as low and the group in the middle are medium entry tariffs. HE providers who had no students in the tariffable population are recorded in the ‘Other’ category which include some specialist HE providers, The Open University and FE Colleges in Wales.

These groupings are adjusted for each academic year based on the tariff points for that year.

Please note that this table includes data from the HESA Student record only. This is because the tariff information in the HESA Student Alternative record is not subject to the same quality assurance process as the HESA Student record.

Type of data

Administrative data

Data source

HESA (Higher Education Statistics Agency) is part of Jisc. We are the experts in UK higher education data and analysis. We have been collecting higher education information since the 1994/95 academic year.

Student data is taken from both the HESA Student record and the HESA Student Alternative record. Universities, colleges and other higher education providers return data to HESA via one or other of these records on an annual basis. The records collect a wide range of information, including data about students' personal characteristics, courses and modules of study, and qualifications achieved. The Student alternative record first began in the 2014/15 academic year, with data published from the record from 2015/16 onwards. Data on students pursuing teacher training qualifications is taken from the Initial Teacher Training record, while data on students studying wholly overseas is taken from the Aggregate offshore record.

We provide data and analysis on students to a wide variety of customers, including:

  • Governments
  • Universities (via the Heidi Plus analytics tool)
  • Academic and commercial researchers
  • Students and potential students
  • Policy makers.

Our data is used to regulate the sector, inform policy making, advance understanding of social and economic trends, support student decision making, and enhance public understanding of - and confidence in - the higher education sector.

Rounding and suppression strategy

We implement a rounding and suppression strategy in published and released tabulations designed to prevent the disclosure of personal information about any individual. This strategy involves rounding all numbers to the nearest multiple of 5 and suppressing percentages and averages based on small populations.

Related releases

We publish annual statistical bulletins about students in higher education.

Our HE Student Data pages collect together all of the tables we publish on students in higher education.

Further information

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