Source: Department of Home Affairs student visa statistics, as published in the Study visa statistics release. Figures counted by StudyVisaHub from that dataset. Retrieved 30 August 2026.
What these figures are, and what they are not
Every percentage below is grants divided by decisions, where a decision is an application that was granted or refused in that month. It is not a share of applications lodged: applications lodged in a month are not the applications decided in it.
Offshore and onshore are separate populations with different outcomes. An offshore figure does not describe an onshore application, and the reverse.
- Offshore: the application was lodged from outside Australia.
- Onshore: the application was lodged from within Australia.
These are historical records of decisions already made. They describe past populations of applications. They do not predict any individual application.
Higher Education grant rates by month
| Month (2025–26) | Offshore grant rate | Offshore decisions | Onshore grant rate | Onshore decisions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November | 88.4% | 23,002 | 91.8% | 7,630 |
| December | 85.6% | 17,012 | 90.8% | 6,089 |
| January | 78.4% | 19,265 | 91.2% | 6,451 |
| February | 67.5% | 16,523 | 90.3% | 7,340 |
| March | 59.3% | 13,006 | 90.4% | 11,421 |
| April | 79.9% | 11,113 | 92.7% | 10,001 |
| May | 70.8% | 13,326 | 89.4% | 6,782 |
| June | 65.5% | 15,065 | 88.5% | 5,166 |
The rest of this article: Offshore Higher Education grant rates fell to 59.3% in March 2026, then recovered to 65.5% by June. Onshore stayed near 90% throughout. Every figure here is counted from the Department of Home Affairs dataset, with grants, refusals and decisions shown side by side.
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