OECD: Percentage distribution of financial aid to students and scholarship/grants in support of their tuition fees in academic higher education, by type of financial aid and country: academic year 2008-09

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Table C.4.17.

OECD: Percentage distribution of financial aid to students and scholarship/grants in support of their tuition fees in academic higher education, by type of financial aid and country: academic year 2008-09

Country	Distribution of financial aid to students: Percentage of students that					Distribution of scholarships/grants in support of tuition fees: Percentage of students that
Country	benefit from public loans only	benefit from scholarships/ grants only		benefit from public loans AND scholarships/ grants	DO NOT benefit from public loans OR scholarships/ grants	receive scholarships/ grants that is higher than the tuition fees		receive scholarships/ grants whose amount is equivalent to the tuition fees		receive scholarships/ grants that partially cover the tuition fees	DO NOT receive scholarships/ grants in support of tuition fees
OECD countries
Australia¹	74	1		7	19	#		#		7.3	92.7
Austria	†	19		†	81	16.8		#		1.5	81.7
Belgium (Flemish)²	†	22		†	78	21.7	³	-		-	78.3
Belgium (French)	#	17		#	83	16.9	³	-		-	83.1
Canada	-	-		-	-	-		-		-	-
Chile	-	-		-	-	-		-		-	-
Czech Republic	-	-		†	-	-		-		-	-
Denmark²	-	93		-	-	-		-		-	-
Estonia	-	-		-	-	-		-		-	-
Finland	†	55		†	45	†		†		†	†
France²	†	28		†	72	24.0		4.0		†	72.0
Germany	-	-		-	-	-		-		-	-
Greece	-	-		-	-	-		-		-	-
Hungary	21	35		-	-	†		†		†	100.0
Iceland	63	-		-	37	†		†		†	100.0
Ireland⁴	†	39		†	-	-		85.5	⁵	-	14.5
Israel	-	-		-	-	-		-		-	-
Italy	#	18		#	82	8.2		3.1		7.0	81.7
Japan	33	1		#	67	†		†		†	100.0
Korea	-	-		-	-	†		1.8		38.8	59.5
Luxembourg	-	-		-	-	-		-		-	-
Mexico²	1	12		-	87	-		-		-	-
Netherlands⁴	11	63		21	5	67.8		#		12.2	20.0
New Zealand	51	4		35	10	-		-		-	-
Norway⁶	12	4		52	33	-		-		-	-
Poland	-	-		-	-	-		-		-	-
Portugal	-	-		-	-	-		-		-	-
Slovak Republic	-	-		-	-	-		-		-	-
Slovenia	†	21	⁷	#	-	-		-		-	-
Spain	#	34		#	66	23.5		3.5		10.4	62.6
Sweden	#	19		50	32	†		†		†	†
Switzerland	2	11		-	87	-		-		-	-
Turkey	-	-		-	-	-		-		-	-
United Kingdom	37	8		50	6	-		-		-	42.7
United States²	12	27		38	24	-		-		-	-
Non-OECD member countries
Argentina	-	-		-	-	-		-		-	-
Brazil	-	-		-	-	-		-		-	-
China	-	-		-	-	-		-		-	-
India	-	-		-	-	-		-		-	-
Indonesia	-	-		-	-	-		-		-	-
Russian Federation	-	-		-	-	-		-		-	-
Saudi Arabia	-	-		-	-	-		-		-	-
South Africa	-	-		-	-	-		-		-	-

— Not available.

† Not applicable.

# Rounds to zero.

¹Excludes foreign students.

²Distribution of students in total tertiary education (only Public University, including tertiary-type B in France).

³Receive scholarships/grants whose amount is higher than the tuition fees includes data for equivalent to and partially cover the tuition fees.

⁴Public institutions only.

⁵Receive scholarships/grants whose amount is equivalent to the tuition fees includes data for higher than the tuition fees.

⁶Data refer to academic year 2007-08 instead of 2008-09.

⁷Slovenia only reports scholarships, not grants.

NOTE: Based on full-time students. Apparent differences may not be statistically significant.

SOURCE: Data from Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). (2011). Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2011, table B5.2. Paris: Author.