Total VET students and courses 2020

By NCVER Statistical report 19 August 2021 2206-5156

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Description

This publication provides an estimate of the extent and nature of nationally recognised vocational education and training (VET) delivered in 2020 by Australian registered training providers. This picture of training activity is known as ‘total VET activity’, to reflect that the information reports on students who undertook government funded training and those who undertook training on a fee-for-service basis.

Highlights

In 2020:

  • 3.9 million students were enrolled in nationally recognised vocational education and training (VET), down 6.4% from 2019
  • 3519 registered training organisations (RTOs) delivered nationally recognised VET
  • An estimated 21.7% of the Australian resident population aged 15 to 64 years participated in nationally recognised VET in Australia.

In 2020, compared with 2019:

  • full-year training equivalents (FYTEs) decreased by 5.9% to 1.0 million
  • students enrolled in nationally recognised programs decreased by 2.4% to 2.1 million
  • students enrolled in subjects not delivered as part of a nationally recognised program decreased by 9.9% to 2.4 million.

By funding source:

  • government-funded students increased by 4.3% to 1.3 million and FYTEs decreased by 10.0% to 494 100
  • domestic fee-for-service students decreased by 10.4% to 2.8 million and FYTEs decreased by 2.7% to 387 500
  • international fee-for-service students decreased by 1.2% to 222 500 and FYTEs increased by 1.0% to 139 000.

Report

Students and full-year training equivalents (FYTEs)

Funding source

Provider type

Program enrolments and completions

DataBuilder

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The DataBuilder provides extensive data on students and full year training equivalents, program and subject enrolments, and program completions delivered by Australian training providers 2016-2020. Users can build their own tables, make selections and export their results.

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