Funding rates by year
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Funding rates are used to allocate funding to tertiary education organisations, and may be based on learner numbers, hours or EFTS. These funding rates vary for different funds and years.
Funding rates are used to allocate funding to tertiary education organisations, and may be based on learner numbers, hours or EFTS. These funding rates vary for different funds and years.
The 'Funding rates for 2024 and 2025' spreadsheet contains this year’s and next year’s funding rates for the following funds:
- DQ7-10: Delivery at Levels 7 (degree) to 10 on the NZQCF
- DQ3-7: Delivery at Levels 3 to 7 (non-degree) on the NZQCF: delivery component, learner component, and strategic component
- DQ1-2: Delivery at Levels 1 and 2 on the NZQCF
- ACE: ACE in Schools and ACE in TEIs
- ELT: English Language Teaching
- L&N: Intensive Literacy and Numeracy, and TEO-led Workplace Literacy and Numeracy
- Gateway: cohort number rates, and rates per learner
- YG: Youth Guarantee, and YG Exceptional Travel
- Equity: Equity Funding for DQ1-2 and DQ7-10
The spreadsheet also contains a table of 2025 DQ3-7 rates by course classification for the purposes of TEOs submitting combined DQ3-7 and DQ7-10 commitment documents.
Funding rates for 2024 and 2025
Funding rates for 2024 and 2025 (XLSX 62 KB)
2025 funding rates increase
- For 2025 funding rates, there will be a general 2.5% increase from the 2024 funding rates.
- Delivery at Levels 7 (degree) to 10 on the NZQCF (DQ7-10) will include the additional 4% applied in 2024 and continued into 2025.
- The Mātauranga and te reo Māori DQ3-7 and DQ7-10 funding rate includes the additional 3.75% increase applied to the 2024 base funding rate, which includes 5%, and an additional 4% rate increase for DQ7-10 for 2024. For 2025 to 2027, there is a 3.75% increase applied to the 2024 base funding rate, which includes 5% for DQ3-7 and DQ7-10 only. This is part of the total 15% increase being funded and implemented over four years.