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Student Loans in Scotland: 2025 to 2026

Statistics of Scottish domiciled student loans borrowers and the change in debt in the financial year.

• From: Student Loans Company
• Published: 18 June 2026
• Last updated: 2 July 2026 — See all updates

Applies to Scotland

• Publication for England
• Publication for Northern Ireland
• Publication for Wales

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Student Loans in Scotland: 2025 to 2026: Correction note

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Student Loans in Scotland: Financial Year 2025-26

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Student Loans in Scotland: Financial Year 2025-26 - Tables

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Income Contingent Student Loan repayment plans & interest rates and calculations (Scotland)

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Definitions (Scotland)

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Student Loans for Higher Education in Scotland: Financial Year 2025-26

This publication provides statistics on loan outlays, repayments and borrower repayment status for Scotland domiciled students studying in Higher Education (HE) in the UK and EU students studying in Scotland.

The figures cover Income Contingent Loans (ICR), which were introduced in 1998/99, for financial years up to and including 2025-26.

Published 18 June 2026

Last updated 2 July 2026 — Show all updates

1. 2 July 2026

   Table 3 (i) Scotland & EU: Number of ICR Student Loans borrowers (000s) An error was found in the ‘Future cohorts’ calculation on row 42. This figure has reduced from 105.0 to 78.8. This change has impacted the total row for ‘All ICR Borrowers, including future cohorts’, where denoted. Table 3 (ii) Scotland & EU: Percentage of ICR Student Loans borrowers (%) The %’s for the ‘All ICR Borrowers including future cohorts’ on row 42, derived from Table 3 (i) have been amended accordingly.

2. 18 June 2026

   First published.