Overview
- The share of students receiving BAföG, scholarships, or state loans dropped by 1.7 percentage points from 2023.
- About 326,000 students received BAföG (approximately 11.4%), 69,000 held scholarships (around 2.4%), and roughly 44,000 used state study loans (about 1.4%).
- Only the Deutschlandstipendium registered a slight increase in recipients compared with the previous year.
- An IAB analysis shows employment among 20–24-year-old students rose by 19 percentage points between 2015 and 2023.
- CHE cautions that reduced public support and more paid work could extend study durations, limit subject and location choices, and raise dropout rates.