Summary of Key Findings:
• Since 2006-07 the number of students in Scottish higher education fell by 6,935 (2.5 per cent) to 272,625. 76.7 per cent of these students were Scottish domiciles (209,170).
• Entrant numbers fell by 3.5 per cent (4,965) in 2007-08 to 137,495.
• The proportion of entrants from the most deprived areas of Scotland improved slightly, with those from the 20 per cent most deprived areas now under-represented by 4.3 per cent.
• Overseas student numbers remained relatively stable at 35,170. China remained the largest foreign contributor to HE student numbers in Scotland at 4,725.
• The API fell by 2.9 percentage points to 43.2 per cent in 2007-08, driven mostly by a decline in the participation of young females.