Overview

• Ucas data show 30% of 18-year-olds applying for the 2024/25 academic year plan to live at home, up from 21% in 2015 and 14% in 2007.
• Rent in university towns can reach £1,000 per month, leaving the maximum maintenance loan of £13,348 insufficient to cover average living costs.
• Annual tuition fees stand at £9,250, rising to £9,535 next month.
• Graduates typically leave university with debts of around £53,000 after combining tuition and maintenance loans.
• The share of students living at home ranges from 45% at Glasgow Caledonian University to just 1% at Oxford and Cambridge.