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Average costs of living and study

Higher Education

Average costs of living and study

Every year, NUS produces estimated average student expenditure for the 2010/11 academic year (for a standard 39 week period).  The figures are for higher education undergraduates in England, and are based on research such as the Student Income and Expenditure Survey produced by the Government, as well as our own Accommodation Costs Survey. 

By David Malcolm

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Average expenditure

 

 

 Inside London

Outside London

 

£

£

Course Costs:

 

 

Tuition fees

3,290

3,290

Books, equipment etc

   978

   978

Travel

   648

   648

Sub-total:

4,916

4,916

 

Living Costs:

 

 

Rent                      

5,069

4,004

Food

1,788

1,788

Household goods

   289

   289

Insurance     

     65

    40

Personal Items

1,896

1,896

Travel

1,393

1,393

Leisure                  

1,197

1,197

Sub-total:

11,697

10,607

 

 

TOTAL                       

16,613

15,523

 

POTENTIAL INCOME                                                                                                                                                                                      

Tuition fee loan plus maintenance grant plus loan for living costs

(figures for loan for living costs for 39 week period – excludes amount for long vacation)

3,290 + 1,041 + 5,482

9,813

3,290 + 1,041 + 3,852

8,183

 

SHORTFALL

6,800

7,340