Statistics published jointly by the Student Loans Company and Scotland's Chief Statistician cover loan outlay, borrower numbers, activity, and repayments for Scottish-domiciled and EU-domiciled students studying in Scotland. The data is designated as National Statistics and aims for coordinated publication with other UK administrations. The dataset was last updated on 2026-07-08.
Use Cases
- Analyzing trends in student loan uptake based on borrower numbers
- Modeling public expenditure on higher education based on loan outlay figures
- Assessing repayment performance and debt recovery based on repayment statistics
Strengths
- Designated as National Statistics, indicating official quality assurance.
- Published jointly by the Student Loans Company and Scotland's Chief Statistician, suggesting authoritative sourcing.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Scottish Government
- Collection Method
- Administrative data from the Student Loans Company.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:21.109611; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Scotland