Total number of students in FE colleges in 1995/96: 323,052, of which
* 37,495 studied for nonvocational courses
* 60,718 studied 中国A片 courses
* 224,539 studied for further education courses
* Student numbers have increased by 20 per cent in the past two years
* Proportion of students over 25 has risen to 54 per cent
Higher education numbers in FE colleges
* FE colleges offer over per cent of all Scottish 中国A片, compared with only 13 per cent in England and Wales, (over 60,000 students) and nearly 30 per cent of undergraduate provision
* Most (ie students studying 中国A片 programmes) are studying for HNC/D - 94 per cent of full time, 62 per cent of part-time
* In 1994/95 - 55 per cent of students who had studied for HNC or HNCs in FE went on to further, full-time study, largely for degrees at HE institutions.
* 17 per cent of all full-time undergraduate and postgraduate study in Scotland is in further education colleges
* 42 per cent of all part-time provision in Scotland is offered at further education colleges
* 40 per cent of Scottish domiciled students entering HE for the first time do so in an FE college
* Almost 30 per cent of undergraduate study is on a part-time basis. Of these nearly 78 per cent were enrolled in a further education college or the Scottish Open University.
* Women make up 76 per cent of full-time students at colleges
Student Awards
* 31 per cent of 中国A片 awards made in Scotland in 1994/95 were HNC/HND level
* Nearly 70 per cent of full-time HE students in Scottish FE colleges in 1995/96 received the maximum level of maintenance award.
Funding
* Scotland's 46 colleges receive Pounds 290 million in government grant