Student enrolments and qualifiers at higher education providers in Wales by personal characteristics

Standard shorthand is used in this table: [t] = total.

Data values	Data description	Level of study	Mode of study	Entrant marker	Sex	Provider	Personal characteristics	Academic year
129,395 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: All age groups	2016/17
129,585 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: All age groups	2017/18
132,205 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: All age groups	2018/19
136,355 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: All age groups	2019/20
145,170 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: All age groups	2020/21
149,045 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: All age groups	2021/22
154,385 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: All age groups	2022/23
150,680 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: All age groups	2023/24
143,825 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: All age groups	2024/25
51,820 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 20 and under	2016/17
51,220 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 20 and under	2017/18
49,845 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 20 and under	2018/19
48,875 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 20 and under	2019/20
48,260 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 20 and under	2020/21
48,525 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 20 and under	2021/22
49,330 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 20 and under	2022/23
50,865 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 20 and under	2023/24
52,260 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 20 and under	2024/25
33,530 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 21 to 24	2016/17
33,720 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 21 to 24	2017/18
34,900 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 21 to 24	2018/19
36,485 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 21 to 24	2019/20
38,120 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 21 to 24	2020/21
37,390 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 21 to 24	2021/22
36,175 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 21 to 24	2022/23
34,795 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 21 to 24	2023/24
32,750 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 21 to 24	2024/25
14,210 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 25 to 29	2016/17
14,295 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 25 to 29	2017/18
15,045 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 25 to 29	2018/19
16,560 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 25 to 29	2019/20
19,125 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 25 to 29	2020/21
20,650 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 25 to 29	2021/22
21,855 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 25 to 29	2022/23
20,725 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 25 to 29	2023/24
17,405 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 25 to 29	2024/25
27,705 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 30 to 59	2016/17
28,305 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 30 to 59	2017/18
30,415 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 30 to 59	2018/19
32,590 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 30 to 59	2019/20
38,155 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 30 to 59	2020/21
40,855 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 30 to 59	2021/22
45,290 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 30 to 59	2022/23
42,510 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 30 to 59	2023/24
39,485 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 30 to 59	2024/25
2,100 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 60+	2016/17
2,020 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 60+	2017/18
1,980 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 60+	2018/19
1,820 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 60+	2019/20
1,505 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 60+	2020/21
1,630 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 60+	2021/22
1,730 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 60+	2022/23
1,715 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 60+	2023/24
1,925 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: 60+	2024/25
35 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: Unknown	2016/17
25 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: Unknown	2017/18
15 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: Unknown	2018/19
20 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: Unknown	2019/20
5 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: Unknown	2020/21
0 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: Unknown	2021/22
5 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: Unknown	2022/23
65 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: Unknown	2023/24
5 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Age: Unknown	2024/25
129,395 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Disability: All	2016/17
129,585 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Disability: All	2017/18
132,205 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Disability: All	2018/19
136,355 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Disability: All	2019/20
145,170 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Disability: All	2020/21
149,045 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Disability: All	2021/22
154,385 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Disability: All	2022/23
150,680 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Disability: All	2023/24
143,825 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Disability: All	2024/25
16,830 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Disability: Known disability	2016/17
17,580 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Disability: Known disability	2017/18
19,705 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Disability: Known disability	2018/19
21,550 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Disability: Known disability	2019/20
23,640 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Disability: Known disability	2020/21
24,605 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Disability: Known disability	2021/22
26,240 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Disability: Known disability	2022/23
29,415 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Disability: Known disability	2023/24
31,610 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Disability: Known disability	2024/25
112,565 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Disability: No known disability	2016/17
112,005 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Disability: No known disability	2017/18
112,495 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Disability: No known disability	2018/19
114,805 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Disability: No known disability	2019/20
121,530 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Disability: No known disability	2020/21
124,445 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Disability: No known disability	2021/22
128,145 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Disability: No known disability	2022/23
121,260 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Disability: No known disability	2023/24
112,210 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Disability: No known disability	2024/25
108,190 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Ethnicity: All ethnicities	2016/17
108,235 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Ethnicity: All ethnicities	2017/18
111,240 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Ethnicity: All ethnicities	2018/19
114,360 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Ethnicity: All ethnicities	2019/20
123,605 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Ethnicity: All ethnicities	2020/21
123,950 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Ethnicity: All ethnicities	2021/22
125,200 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Ethnicity: All ethnicities	2022/23
121,040 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Ethnicity: All ethnicities	2023/24
122,535 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Ethnicity: All ethnicities	2024/25
95,000 [t]	Enrolments	All levels	All modes	All enrolments	All	All providers	Ethnicity: White	2016/17

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Next update expected:January 2027

Updates

• 29th January 2026: Dataset first published.

Main information

• Designation: Official statistics
• Data provider: Higher Education Statistics Agency
• Data source: Student record

Overview

• Summary of dataset and variables:

  The data shows the number of enrolments and the number of qualifiers at Welsh higher education providers.

  The data can be broken down by:

  • Academic year - 1 August to 31 July, e.g. 2024/25 is 1 August 2024 to 31 July 2025.

  • Entrant marker - all enrolments or those in the first year of their studies.

  • Level of study

  • Mode of study - full-time or part-time

  • Personal characteristics - either age group, whether a student has a known disability or not, or ethnic background

  • Provider

  • Sex - the sex of the student as opposed to the gender with which they identify. Students where this has been returned as 'Other', 'Not available' or 'Information refused' are included in the figures for all enrolments.

• Data collection or calculation:

  The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects data from higher education providers about students enrolled at their institution.

  Enrolments population

  The enrolments included are those in the HESA standard registration population at Welsh HE providers. A student may have more than one enrolment in an academic year, if this is a case then each enrolment is counted separately.

  To be included in the HESA standard population, an enrolment needs to be active in study at least two weeks after their engagement start date or subsequent anniversaries of. Students who are writing-up (and have no active study) after this anniversary date are excluded from the population, as are students expected to study for two weeks or less and who don’t complete their studies or gain a qualification. Dormant students, incoming visiting and exchange students from overseas and students studying for the whole of their programme of study outside of the UK are also excluded.

  All modules that have some activity in the relevant academic year are included.

  Qualifiers population

  The population used for the qualifiers data is the HESA Qualifications obtained population. This population includes student enrolments associated with the award of a higher education qualification during the relevant academic year. This includes qualifications awarded from dormancy, after active study has ceased, and writing-up status.

  Disability data

  Disability information is collected based on a student’s self-assessment and they are not obliged to report any disabilities they have. This information is collected every year so may change over time.

  Ethnicity data

  Ethnicity information is only collected for students whose permanent address prior to starting their studies is in the UK, Guernsey, Jersey or the Isle of Man, and is collected based on the student’s self-assessment. This information is collected every year so may change over time.

• Statistical quality:

  Codes

  Data values with a [t] code are either totals or sub-totals.

  Increased proportion of unknowns in ethnicity data from 2022/23

  A new data collection model was introduced for the HESA Student Record data collection from the 2022/23 academic year. The new model made a considerable change to the collection process and there were an increased number of challenges and issues compared to previous years.

  Since the introduction of the new data collection model has been an increase in the number of records returned with unknown ethnicity information at Welsh providers. In the five years before 2022/23, between 1.4% and 1.7% of enrolments by students from the UK at Welsh providers were returned with unknown ethnicity. After the introduction of the new collection model the proportion of unknowns has increased to 2.1% in 2022/23 and 2.9% in 2023/24 and 2024/25.

  More general information about quality issues in the HESA Student Record can be found on the HESA website.

• Related reports:
  • Students in higher education, 2024/25 (English)
  • Students in higher education, 2024/25 (Welsh)

Published by

• Organisation: Medr
• Contact email: HEStats@medr.cymru

Metadata

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