Overview
- Undergraduate tuition is highest in Navarra, Madrid and Catalonia and lowest in Galicia, Asturias, the Canary Islands and Andalusia, despite a roughly 20% national price drop since 2019–20.
- Public spending per student tops €11,000 in Cantabria and La Rioja but falls to about €6,975 in Madrid, with Catalonia, Murcia, the Canary Islands and Castilla–La Mancha also in the lower tier.
- Overall public university funding reached 0.75% of GDP in 2022, still below the 1% target set by the university law and beneath EU and OECD averages.
- The report urges a financing model that is stable, diversified and tied to outcomes, combining greater public investment with strategic private‑sector collaboration.
- CYD flags deteriorating performance indicators, including a 9.57% drop in internationalization since 2020–21, weaker graduate employment than EU peers, and a continued STEM graduate shortfall, alongside unrest such as strikes in Madrid and Málaga and a funding dispute at UPV‑EHU.