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45%
45% -- share of students rating course good or very good value for money for UK undergraduate students (2026)
45% of UK undergraduate students rate their course as good or very good value for money in 2026, up from 37% in 2025.
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45%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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B
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Extraction
95
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Advance HE and Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI)
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Tier A
https://savanta.com/knowledge-centre/view/what-students-are-telling-us-about-university-life-in-2026… ↗
Source Article
What students are telling us about university life in 2026 - Savanta
The Student Academic Experience Survey (SAES), produced by Advance HE and the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) using online fieldwork delivered by Savanta, takes the temperature of undergraduate life in the UK. Now in its third decade, it is one of the most comprehensive and widely reference…
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Advance HE and Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI)
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Student Academic Experience Survey (Advance HE/HEPI), online fieldwork by Savanta; up from 37% in 2025
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UK undergraduate students: 45% share of students rating course good or very good value for money. Source: Advance HE and Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/uk-students-course-value-for-money-2026
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