How much do tertiary students pay and what public support do they receive?

Entry into tertiary education often means costs for students and their families, both in terms of tuition fees, foregone earnings and living expenses, although they may also receive financial support to help them afford it. Most national students entering tertiary programmes enrol at bachelor’s or equivalent level in OECD countries (see Indicator B4). Public institutions do not charge tuition fees to national students at this level in nearly one-third of countries with data, including Denmark, Estonia (for programmes taught in Estonian), Finland, Norway, the Slovak Republic, Sweden and Turkey (). In a similar number of countries, tuition fees are moderate, with the average cost for students under USD 3 000. In the remaining countries and economies, tuition fees range from about USD 3 800 to over USD 8 000 per year. They exceed USD 12 000 in England (United Kingdom), where there are no public institutions at tertiary level and all students enrol in government-dependent private institutions ().